LAWRENCE v. STATE

[No. 70, September Term, 1982.]

295 Md. 557 (1983)

457 A.2d 1127

JAMES IVORY LAWRENCE v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

Decided March 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Burns, Jr., Assistant Public Defender, with whom was Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief, for appellant.

Patricia E. McDonald, Assistant Attorney General, with whom was Stephen H. Sachs, Attorney General, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MURPHY, C.J., and SMITH, ELDRIDGE, COLE, DAVIDSON, RODOWSKY and COUCH, JJ.


COUCH, J., delivered the opinion of the Court. MURPHY, C.J., and COLE J., concur in the result.

The sole question presented here is whether, in this criminal case, the trial judge erred in overruling an accused's objection to the prosecutor's use of peremptory challenges to exclude individuals from the jury allegedly on the basis of race.

Because the record before us does not show any evidence that the excluded individuals were so excluded solely because of...

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