No Black jurors were seated on the jury; two Black potential jurors were struck during selection, which the judge found were removed for race-neutral reasons related to their occupations as educators.

Defense

Directly relevant to the jury-selection appellate issue tracked in legal-issues-ledger.md. Distinct from, and better-corroborated than, the separate "all-white jury" characterization — see contradiction-ledger.md "jury-racial-composition-dispute."

Prosecution

The judge's finding of race-neutral justifications for the two strikes is itself part of the record as reported and would be the state's position if this becomes an appellate issue (a Batson-type challenge was implicitly addressed at trial per this reporting).