Hodge v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 federal appellate · 1 state decisions

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1. ““‘Deference to trial court’s findings on the issue of discriminatory intent makes particular sense in this context because, as we noted in Batson , the find ing will “largely turn on evaluation of credibility” 476 U.S., at 98, n. 21 [ 106 S.Ct. at 1724, n. 21 ]. In the typical challenge inquiry, the decisive question will be whether counsel’s race-neutral explanation for a peremptory challenge should be believed. There will seldom be much' evidence bearing on that issue and the best evidence often will be the demeanor of the attorney who exercises the challenge. As with the state of mind of a juror, evaluation of the prosecutor’s state of mind based on demeanor and credibility lie “peculiarly within a trial judge’s province.” Wainwright v. Witt, 469 U.S. 412, 428 [ 105 S.Ct. 844, 854 , 83 L.Ed.2d 841 ] (1985), citing Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025, 1038 [ 104 S.Ct. 2885, 2892 , 81 L.Ed.2d 847 (1984).’ ””

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