Ex Parte Branch
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
526 So.2d 609 (1987)
Ex parte Preston BRANCH.
(In Re Preston Branch
v.
State of Alabama).
86-500.
Supreme Court of Alabama.
September 18, 1987.
As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 4, 1987.
L. Dan Turberville, Birmingham, for petitioner.
Don Siegelman, Atty. Gen. and Beth Slate Poe, William D. Little, Asst. Attys. Gen., for respondent.
Bryan E. Morgan, Executive Director, Alabama Dist. Attys. Ass'n, amicus curiae on behalf of district attorneys in State of Ala.
MADDOX, Justice.
This petition for certiorari presents a case of first impression involving the State's use of its peremptory challenges to…
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