PEOPLE v. KABONGO

Docket No. 159346 Calendar No. 3.

968 N.W.2d 264 (2021)

507 Mich. 78

PEOPLE of the State of Michigan, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jacques Jean KABONGO, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Decided May 20, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dana Nessel, Attorney General, Fadwa A. Hammoud, Solicitor General, Kym L. Worthy, Prosecuting Attorney, Jon P. Wojtala, Chief of Research, Training, and Appeals, and Deborah K. Blair, Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, for the people.

Sheldon Halpern, PC, Royal Oak (by Sheldon Halpern) for defendant.

William J. Vailliencourt, Jr., Kym L. Worthy, and Timothy A. Baughman, Detroit, for the Prosecuting Attorneys Association of Michigan, amicus curiae.

BEFORE THE ENTIRE BENCH (except Welch, J.)


OPINION

In this case, we granted leave to appeal to address the trial court's resolution of a pair of Batson1 challenges, each concerning the others' use of peremptory challenges to remove prospective jurors on the basis of race. The prosecution first exercised its statutory...

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