Poplar Bluff man seeks new trial

Friday, September 6, 2002

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The Missouri Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday in case in which a white defendant is seeking a new trial because the prosecution disqualified the only black member of the jury pool.

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