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STANLEY v. STATE

Nos. 82, 107, September Term, 1987.

313 Md. 50 (1988)

542 A.2d 1267

MICHAEL WARDELL STANLEY v. STATE OF MARYLAND. CLARENCE HAYWOOD TRICE A/K/A BENJAMIN EDWARD CHESTER v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

July 1, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael R. Braudes, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for Stanley.

John L. Kopolow, Asst. Public Defender (Alan H. Murrell, Public Defender, on the brief), Baltimore, for Trice.

Gary E. Bair, Richard B. Rosenblatt, Asst. Attys. Gen. (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Atty. Gen., on the brief), Baltimore, for the State.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, COLE, RODOWSKY, McAULIFFE, ADKINS and BLACKWELL, JJ.

ADKINS, Judge.

In this opinion we shall consider the cases of petitioner Michael Wardell Stanley (Stanley) and of appellant Clarence Haywood Trice a/k/a Benjamin Edward Chester (Trice). Both are members of the black race. Each was convicted at trial by substantially or totally white juries after most or all potential jurors who were black were excluded from jury service by peremptory challenges used by a State prosecutor. The two cases thus present a common question...

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