Opinion ID: 2226959
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Heading: Thelma Palmer

Text: The State exercised a peremptory challenge against Palmer, a married woman with two children who worked as a hospital dietary clerk. The State excluded Palmer because according to her rap sheet, she had a previous arrest which she did not divulge during voir dire. Concealment of a prior criminal charge is a sufficient race-neutral reason for the State to exercise a peremptory challenge. People v. Hudson (1993), 157 Ill.2d 401, 193 Ill.Dec. 128, 626 N.E.2d 161; People v. Smith (1992), 152 Ill.2d 229, 178 Ill.Dec. 335, 604 N.E.2d 858.