State v. Larrimore

WEBB, Justice.

The defendant first assigns error to the allowance of peremptory challenges to two black jurors. He contends that by the allowance of the challenges, there was impermissible racial discrimination in the selection of the jury. Powers v. Ohio, 499 U.S. 400, 113 L. Ed. 2d 411 (1991); Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 90 L. Ed. 2d 69 (1986). The defendant contends that his equal protection fights under the Fourteenth Amendment and his right to an impartial jury under the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States were violated by the allowance of these peremptory…