Jones v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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16 state decisions

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1. “[T]he relevant circumstances that the court is to consider in determining whether the explanation is pretextual include such factors as the racial makeup of the venire; prior strikes exercised against the same racial group; a strike based on a reason equally applicable to an unchallenged venireperson; or singling out the venireperson for special treatment.”

   3 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Garcia v. State · 967 So. 2d 972 - Lidiano v. State

2. “A party objecting to the other side's use of a peremptory challenge on racial grounds must a)make a timely objection on that basis b)show that the venireperson is a member of a distinct racial group, and c) request that the court ask the striking party its reason for the strike. If these initial requirements are met (step 1), the court must ask the proponent of the strike to explain the reason for the strike. At this point, the burden of production shifts to the proponent of the strike to come forward with a race-neutral explanation (step 2). If the explanation is facially race-neutral and the court believes that, given all the circumstances surrounding the strike the explanation is not a pretext, the strike will be sustained (step 3). The court's focus in step 3 is not on the reasonableness of the explanation but rather on its genuineness. Appellate courts, on review of the granting of a peremptory strike, should presume the strike was exercised in a nondiscriminatory manner and, because the trial court's decision turns primarily on an assessment of credibility, should affirm the court's determination in this regard unless clearly erroneous.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Cobb v. State · 841 So. 2d 659 - Watson v. State

3. ““where a gender or race neutral reason was advanced for the strike, the reason advanced is itself reasonable, and the record is devoid of any indication that the trial judge considered the relevant circumstances surrounding the strike in concluding that it was motivated by improper purposes,” an appellate court must conclude that the trial judge failed to adequately engage in the “genuineness inquiry” mandated by Melbourne .”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 967 So. 2d 972 - Lidiano v. State · 226 So. 3d 872 - R.J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY and PHILIP MORRIS USA, INC. v. LINDA PURDO ENOCHS