Whether the State's considering race as a basis for striking prospective jurors, shown by its listing prospective jurors by race on a spreadsheet used during jury selection, and now confirmed by newly disclosed evidence of similar notations on a chart used during jury selection at Petitioner's co-defendant's trial, and by newly obtained affidavits from three struck prospective Black jurors, violated the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986).

Whether the State's consideration of race in striking prospective Black jurors violated the Equal Protection Clause under Batson v. Kentucky