Sloan v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““[Appellant] argues that he established a prima facie case of racial discrimination. He asserts that, given the perfunctory nature of the prosecutor’s questions to Smith on voir dire, the prosecutor’s explanation of his reasons for striking Smith do not satisfy Batson’s requirements. We agree. The prosecutor’s brief voir dire examination of Smith only brought out information about the juror related to her marital status, her family, her religious preferences, her employment, her husband’s work history, and the ages of her children. The explanation given by the prosecutor for the strike ... was that Smith answered the questions weakly, and that he perceived the juror had little interest in the case. “From our reading of the record, we find that Smith gave direct and complete answers to each routine question asked her. Indeed, no question was propounded by the prosecutor that sought to discover facts and circumstances suggesting that the juror might lean in favor of [appellant] in the trial. Considering the undisputed facts and circumstances here presented, we conclude that the reasons given by the prosecutor to support his peremptory challenge of Smith do not constitute a reasonable trial related explanation sufficient to rebut [appellant’s] prima facie case of discrimination.” 809 S.W.2d at 237 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Sloan v. State