Supreme Court of Delaware

McCoy v. State

October 1, 2014

Summary

The court remanded McCoy’s appeal because the trial court’s refusal to accept his peremptory challenge was not accompanied by an express explanation of whether, or how, it applied the required equal-protection analysis. The Superior Court was directed to identify the basis for its ruling and conduct the full three-step analysis if the ruling rested on discriminatory use of a peremptory challenge.