Coleman v. Hogan

In this appeal, we consider the proper remedy for the unconstitutional exercise of a peremptory strike, specifically whether a juror, reseated on the panel after having been improperly stricken, may be stricken from the panel a second time by the same party.

The defendant in this personal injury action, Thomas J. Hogan, used two of his peremptory challenges to strike two females, one of whom, Nayamka Thomas, was the only black female on the jury panel. The plaintiff, Margaret Coleman, challenged the strike, asserting that Hogan struck Thomas based on racial grounds in violation of the Equal…