State v. Saintcalle

Fl LE IN CLERKS OFFICE atJPm:ME COURT, STI\TE OF WliSHtNGTON AUG 01 2013 UPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON STATE OF WASHINGTON, ) ) Respondent, ) No. 86257-5 ) V. ) En Bane ) KIRK RICARDO SAINTCALLE, ) ) Filed AUG 01 2013 Petitioner. ) ) WIGGINS, J.-This appeal raises important questions about race discrimination in our criminal justice system. Kirk Saintcalle, a black man, challenges his conviction for first felony degree murder because the State used a peremptory challenge to strike the only black venireperson in his jury pool. Saintcalle claims the peremptory strike was clearly…