326 So. 2d 54 - State v. Simpson’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “The burden of proof faced by defendants is most difficult. It might require checking the docket for a reasonable period of time for the names of defendants and their attorneys, investigation as to the race of the various defendants, the final composition of the petit jury and the manner in which each side exercised its peremptory challenges. We can well understand how the present defendants' counsel were unable to produce additional evidence. In the six years which have passed since Swain, we have not found a single instance in which a defendant has prevailed on this issue.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Young v. State