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GILCHRIST v. STATE

No. 111, September Term, 1993.

340 Md. 606 (1995)

GARY GILCHRIST v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Appeals of Maryland.

November 28, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy M. Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, (Stephen E. Harris, Public Defender, both on brief), Baltimore, for Petitioner.

David R. Durfee, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, (J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General, both on brief), Baltimore, for Respondent.

Argued before MURPHY, C.J., and ELDRIDGE, RODOWSKY, CHASANOW, KARWACKI, BELL and RAKER, JJ.

ELDRIDGE, Judge.

The principal issue in this criminal case is whether the holding by the Supreme Court in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), applies to peremptory challenges aimed at excluding white prospective jurors from the venire based on their race.

I.

Gary Gilchrist was charged with distribution of cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. On August...

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