State v. Harris
Annotate this CaseDefendant was charged with two counts of assault. He appeared for a jury trial and was subsequently convicted of a misdemeanor assault. Defendant appealed, claiming that his jury was assembled in a manner inconsistent with the requirements of the Equal Protection Clause. The Supreme Court disagreed and affirmed, holding (1) Defendant failed to timely preserve his Batson challenge, (2) the trial court did not err when it did not make findings or rule on the Batson challenge, and (3) Defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim based on his counsel's failure to timely preserve his Batson challenge failed under Washington v. Strickland.
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