Whether a party taints the entire jury selection proceedings by providing a racially discriminatory basis for exercising a peremptory strike at the second step of a challenge made under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Whether a party taints the entire jury selection proceedings by providing a racially discriminatory basis for exercising a peremptory strike at the second step of a challenge made under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). 2. Whether a court assessing a challenge to a prosecutor’s use of a peremptory strike should assess the proffered basis for the strike under an objective observer test instead of the purposeful discrimination standard at the third step of a challenge made under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 US. 79 (1986). 2