Legal Opinion
Gilchrist v. State
Court of Special Appeals of Maryland
Decided November 23, 1993No. 1594, September Term, 1992PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*58Opinion by BLOOM, Judge.
In this appeal we are asked to determine whether the trial court erred in striking the jury panel and beginning jury selection anew based on a finding that defense counsel had used peremptory strikes for a racially biased purpose. The facts of this case distinguish it from other instances of racial prejudice. We are convinced by the Supreme Court’s decisions in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), and Georgia v. McCollum, — U.S.-, 112 S.Ct. 2348, 120 L.Ed.2d 33 (1992), and this Court’s decisions in Mejia v. State, 90 Md.App. 31, 599…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Georgia v. McCollumSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Forte, FrederickCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1993
- Gilchrist v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1995
- Brogden v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1994
- Ezell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1995
- Jones v. StateCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1995
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