54 Md. App. 86 - Chadderton v. State’s Empirical Analysis
1983
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12
cited by 12 later decisions
2
states following
November 1987
most recently cited
12 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Jackson v. Virginia · Witherspoon v. Illinois · Taylor v. Louisiana · Duren v. Missouri · Ballew v. Georgia
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““In Witherspoon , the petitioner had argued that there is ‘ “competent scientific evidence that death-qualified jurors are partial to the prosecution on the issue of guilt or innocence.’” 391 U.S. at 517, 88 S.Ct. at 1774. The Supreme Court disposed of this assertion by stating that ‘The data adduced by the petitioner, however, are too tentative and fragmentary to establish that jurors not opposed to the death penalty tend to favor the prosecution in the determination of guilt. We simply cannot conclude, either on the basis of the record now before us or as a matter of judicial notice, that the exclusion of jurors opposed to capital punishment results in an unrepresentative jury on the issue of guilt or substantially increases the risk of conviction. In light of the presently available information, we are not prepared to announce a per se constitutional rule requiring the reversal of every conviction returned by a jury selected as this one was.’ 391 U.S. at 517-518, 88 S.Ct. at 1774-1775. Counsel for appellant sets out in his brief various studies which he contends have updated the data which the Supreme Court found to be ‘too tentative and fragmentary’; and on the basis of these studies and findings contends that data to support his proposition regarding jury selection are no longer tentative or fragmentary as found by the Supreme Court in Wither-spoon. We have reviewed the data submitted by appellant and considered his discussions and arguments in support of his thesis. It ”
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