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Federal appeals court hears Lewiston man’s case
Judges at the Boston court focused on a prosecutor disallowing a Black man from the jury.
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Malik Hollis of Lewiston listens to his attorney, James Howaniec, during a hearing in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn seeking a new trial in September 2017.
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A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in a Lewiston case where a 20-year-old Black man was convicted of two felonies by an all-white jury after the sole black person was stricken by a prosecutor from serving on the jury.
James Howaniec, defense attorney for Malik Hollis of Lewiston, had appealed in Maine’s highest court in 2018 the trial court judge’s decision to allow the prosecutor to strike the Black man in a preemptory challenge.
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Malik Hollis of Lewiston listens to his attorney, James Howaniec, during a hearing in Androscoggin County Superior Court in Auburn seeking a new trial in September 2017.
Sun Journal file photo
A federal appeals court heard arguments Tuesday in a Lewiston case where a 20-year-old Black man was convicted of two felonies by an all-white jury after the sole black person was stricken by a prosecutor from serving on the jury.
James Howaniec, defense attorney for Malik Hollis of Lewiston, had appealed in Maine’s highest court in 2018 the trial court judge’s decision to allow the prosecutor to strike the Black man in a preemptory challenge.