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OCR: decision of Bat tson Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). There, for the first time, this Court heid that based upon the facts of an individual case, defendant in criminal case had the right challenge the prosecutor's systematic exclusion jurors based solely upon their race holding, the Court recognized the standard OF Strauder 1saM Virginia, 100 303 {1880} which held that defendant has 10 right petit jury composed in whole or ITE part ot persons of his own rare at 305. but went say that the defendant does "have the right tried jury whose members are selected pursuant MOM discr imi inatory criteria (emphasis added) Batson, 476 85 86 Batson was based upon the premise that the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment guaran tees the defendant that the State exclude nen bers of his ice from ser ...