Aberdeen Discrimination Lawyer, North Carolina

... JURY SELECTION. Defendant next argues the trial court erred by holding that he failed to make a prima facie showing of racial discrimination when he objected to the state's peremptory challenge to an African-American prospective juror. ...

... The dispositive question before this Court is whether the trial court erred by finding the State had not engaged in purposeful discrimination when the State did not provide a race-neutral explanation for each African-American whom it had removed from the jury by peremptory ...

... (2) An alleged unlawful State employment practice constituting discrimination, as proscribed by GS 126-36, including: a. Denial of a promotion, transfer, or training, on account of the employee's . . . race. . . . ... ___, ___, 647 SE2d 125, 128 (2007). III. Discrimination. ...