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State v. Mays
North Carolina Court of Appeals
573 S.E.2d 202 (2002)
- Written by Rich Walter, JD
Facts
North Carolina prosecuted Kawame Mays (defendant), an African American, for murdering a White man. Because the trial was not especially well publicized, the trial court denied Mays’s motion for a change of venue. During jury selection, the prosecutor exercised nine of his 13 peremptory challenges (70 percent) to remove African Americans from the jury. The trial court ruled that Mays failed to make out a prima facie case that these peremptory strikes were made on constitutionally impermissible racial grounds. Mays was found guilty. On appeal to the North Carolina Court of Appeals, Mays renewed his constitutional challenge to the prosecutor’s peremptory strikes.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Campbell, J.)
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