629 So. 2d 664 - Cox v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “"The explanations for the strikes must be 'clear, specific, and legitimate,' 'relate[d] to the particular case to be tried,' and ' nondiscriminatory.' Ex parte Branch , 526 So.2d 609 , 623 (Ala. 1987) (emphasis omitted). In Hernandez v. New York , [500] U.S. [352], [___], 111 S.Ct. 1859 , 1866 , 114 L.Ed.2d 395 (1991), the Court further elaborated on the required explanation: 'a neutral explanation in the context [of Batson ] means an explanation based on something other than the race of the juror. At this step of the inquiry, the issue is the facial validity of the prosecutor's explanation. Unless a discriminatory intent is inherent in the prosecutor's explanation, the reason offered will be deemed race-neutral.' "”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 648 So. 2d 629 - Johnson v. State

2. “"[T]hat the prosecution excluded black jurors based solely on . . . race in [the] state's peremptory challenges. That the defendant is a black male and a member of a racial minority. A denial of the fourteenth amendment, equal protection policies of the Alabama and United States Constitutions, and the defendant cannot be sure of a fair and impartial trial by his peers."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 629 So. 2d 670 - Cox v. State

3. “[w]here the challenged party's explanations for its strikes are a part of the record, those explanations must be reviewed by the appellate courts regardless of the manner in which they came to be in the record.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the concurrence
   e.g. 649 So. 2d 1304 - Kidd v. State