871 So. 2d 101 - Pruitt v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1. ““ ‘ “When explaining the basis for its peremptory strikes of blacks, the prosecution must offer a clear, specific, and legitimately race-neutral reason for each strike.” Sims v. State, 587 So.2d 1271 (Ala.Crim.App.1991), cert. denied, [502] U.S. [1098], 112 S.Ct. 1179 , 117 L.Ed.2d 423 (1992). See also Batson, 476 U.S. at 98 , 106 S.Ct. at 1724 (“the prosecutor must articulate a neutral explanation related to the particular case”). “[T]he removal of even one juror for a discriminatory reason is a violation of the equal protection rights of both the excluded juror and the minority defendant. Moreover, this is true even though blacks may be seated on the petit jury and there were valid race-neutral reasons for striking other blacks from the jury.’ ” “Carter v. State, 603 So.2d 1137, 1138-39 (Ala.Crim.App.1992).””

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   e.g. Harris v. State