Suggs v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “neither the language used by the defense in calling the court's attention to the possibility of racially motivated strikes nor his language expressing disagreement with the trial court's ruling rise to the level of a request that the trial judge obtain a different jury panel, continue the trial, or declare a mistrial. We believe that it takes stronger language to indicate to the trial court that a defendant does not wish to subject his case to that jury panel. It is not sufficient to accept the jury panel and then wait until receipt of an adverse judgment before asserting an objection. * * * * * * We believe that a party must do more than request [an] inquiry and voice disagreement with an opponent's explanation. If a party is dissatisfied with a jury panel after hearing an explanation elicited through [the] inquiry, some remedy should be requested of the trial court. For example, the defense in the instant case should have moved to strike the jury panel at some time during the jury selection process but before the jury was sworn at the latest. The defense did not do this; on the contrary, at the end of the jury selection, the defense stated that the jury was acceptable. Further, no mention of the jury selection was made in the motions for acquittal during the trial, and it was only after receiving the adverse verdict and judgment that the issue was again raised in a motion for acquittal or new trial. The initiation of a[n] inquiry and a dissatisfaction with the opponent's an”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 606 So. 2d 742 - Brown v. State

2. “expression of disagreement with the trial court's determination after ... inquiry was not sufficient to preserve this issue for appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 606 So. 2d 742 - Brown v. State

3. “That's acceptable, Your Honor, other than our prior objection to the striking of [the subject juror].”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 606 So. 2d 742 - Brown v. State