Legal Opinion
State v. Reiners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 10, 2003No. C7-01-1001PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HANSON, Justice.
Following a jury trial, respondent Cecil John Reiners was found guilty of assault in the first degree for striking Jose Padilla in the head with a wooden board. The court of appeals reversed the conviction, concluding that the trial court committed reversible error by denying Reiners’ peremptory challenge of an African-American prospective juror and, as a result of that error, Reiners was entitled to a new trial. We affirm the decision of the court of appeals.
Reiners owns Bloomington Steel and Supply, a company that fabricates support structures used in the construction…
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