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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

SJC-12549.

481 Mass. 443 (2019)

COMMONWEALTH v. QUINTON K. WILLIAMS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

February 13, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Crane for the defendant.

Gail M. McKenna, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.

Anthony Mirenda, Caroline S. Donovan, Amanda Hainsworth, Christopher J. Cifrino, & Justin Marble, for Massachusetts Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Rebecca Kiley, Committee for Public Counsel Services, for Committee for Public Counsel Services, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present (Sitting at Worcester): GANTS, C.J., LENK, GAZIANO, LOWY, BUDD, CYPHER, & KAFKER, JJ.

The defendant, Quinton K. Williams, an African-American man, was charged with possession of a class B substance with the intent to distribute pursuant to G. L. c. 94C, § 32A (a). During jury selection, over the defendant's objection, the judge excused for cause a prospective juror who stated that she believed that "the system...

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