State v. Cofield

HEDRICK, Chief Judge.

By Assignment of Error No. 4 based upon Exception No. 5, defendant contends the trial judge erred in failing to quash defendant’s indictment because discrimination against blacks in selection of grand jury foremen abridged defendant’s due process and equal protection rights as guaranteed by the North Carolina and United States Constitutions.

It is well settled that purposeful discrimination against blacks in the selection of grand jury foremen is forbidden by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. Rose v. Mitchell, 443 U.S. 545, 99 S.Ct. 2993, 61 L.Ed.…