¶2I concur, with the one reservation that a venireperson's having a relative who had been a murder victim would not seem to be a race-neutral reason for the State to strike that venireperson, as the main opinion seems to hold in Part II. C. A venireperson's revealing the murder of a relative might prompt the State to ask follow-up questions which might, in turn, reveal a race-neutral reason for a peremptory strike, such as some emotional or spiritual reaction by the venireperson or some disappointment directed against the police or prosecutors; but, in the case before us, the State apparently did not conduct such a follow-up inquiry or base its peremptory strikes on such follow-up information.
¶4I agree that Drinkard's conviction is due to be reversed because evidence of his past bad acts was improperly admitted. Thus, I concur in Part I.
¶5I express no opinion on the matters addressed in Part II.