Spratt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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4 state decisions

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1. “"In Ingram v. State , 779 So.2d 1225 , 1280-81 (Ala.Crim.App. 1999), this court explained the rules to be applied when the record is incomplete: "`Where the transcript or record is incomplete, two rules have evolved. The first applies to the situation where the appellant is represented on appeal by the same counsel that represented him at trial. In that case, the failure to supply a complete record is not error per se and will not work a reversal absent a specific showing of prejudice. In other words, in such a case, the appellant must show that failure to record and preserve the specific portion of the trial proceedings complained of visits a hardship upon him and prejudices his appeal. The second applies to the situation where the appellant is represented by new counsel on appeal. When he is represented on appeal by counsel other than the attorney at trial, the absence of a substantial and significant portion of the record, even absent any showing of prejudice or error, is sufficient to warrant reversal.'"”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 867 So. 2d 1161 - Owen v. State

2. “Peremptory strikes of jurors because they have relatives who have been prosecuted by the district attorney's office are not racially discriminatory. . . . The district attorney's prosecution of a member of a veniremember's family is a race-neutral reason for a peremptory strike.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 860 So. 2d 367 - Finney v. State