State v. One 1978 Ford Van

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• explaining that the trial court’s use “of the term ‘race neutral’ in the discussion of whether [defense counsel’s] stated reason for the strike was pretextual is not dispositive” of whether the trial court failed to consider step three of the McCollum test
• “The use by the State and the trial court, as well as defense counsel, of the term ‘race-neutral’ in the discussion of whether Dunn’s stated reason for the strike was pretextual is not dispositive.”
• “While the trial court did not expressly indicate that it was moving to step three of the McCollum analysis, we do not look merely at the nomenclature used during a colloquy, but at the totality of the discussion, including the trial court’s inquiry”

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