876 So. 2d 400 - Forrest v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. “First, the defendant must make a prima facie showing that the prosecutor has exercised peremptory challenges on the basis of race. Second, if the requisite showing has been made, the burden shifts to the prosecutor to articulate a race-neutral explanation for striking the jurors in question. Finally, the trial court must determine whether the defendant has carried his burden of proving purposeful discrimination.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 911 So. 2d 550 - Tyler v. State · 914 So. 2d 185 - Moore v. State

2. “insulation from appellate reversal of any trial findings which are not clearly erroneous.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. 935 So. 2d 884 - Irby v. Travis · 949 So. 2d 764 - Perry v. State

3. “We give great deference to the trial court's findings of whether or not a peremptory challenge was race-neutral ... Such deference is necessary because finding that a striking party engaged in discrimination is largely a factual finding and thus should be accorded appropriate deference on appeal ... Indeed, we will not overrule a trial court on a Batson ruling unless the record indicates that the ruling was clearly erroneous or against the overwhelming weight of the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 935 So. 2d 884 - Irby v. Travis