State v. Curry

*9*379Faced with criminal charges, defendant, who is black, opted to exercise his state and federal constitutional rights to a jury trial. Among those summoned as potential jurors for defendant's case were three college students home for the summer. Each was passed for cause-that is, determined to be capable of deciding this case fairly and impartially in accordance with the law. Robert and Sarah, who are white, were empaneled as jurors. Fitsum, who is black-and the sole African-American in the jury pool that day-was not empaneled after the prosecutor exercised a peremptory strike against him…