8 So. 3d 119 - State v. Spears’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The difficulty in this case, as in Pinion , is the fact that the discussions of the jury challenges do not appear in the record. We find the record does not contain enough information for Defendant to effectively challenge the denials of his challenges for cause. As a practical matter, a careful reading of the revised transcript of voir dire enables a reader to identify at least some of the unnamed prospective jurors. However, any attempt at argument or review would require identification of Defendant’s unrecorded causal challenges, and reconstruction of both the reasons supporting them and the reasons for the trial court’s denial of them. Any such attempt would venture into the realm of mere speculation. As the current record is insufficient for practical review of the denials of Defendant’s challenges for cause, Defendant’s conviction and sentence are vacated and the case remanded for new trial, pursuant to Pinion .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 110 So. 3d 1271 - State v. Law