Johnson v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “DEFENSE COUNSEL: Your Honor, I’m asking that the jury be shuffled again. We only have one — the Defendant is black. We only have one black venireman who is called for jury duty. He is seated in the very back and it will be impossible for him to even be considered for — you know, to get on this jury panel. I’m asking that either we reshuffle the jury or that we dismiss the jury array and call a new array of prospective jurors. THE COURT: All right. The panel was shuffled at the request of the Defendant and the Defendant is now asking for a second shuffle? DEFENSE COUNSEL: Yes, Your Hon- or. THE COURT: Which will be denied. DEFENSE COUNSEL: Your Honor, would you please note my exception for the record because I was asked if I wanted the jury members to come in in the order that they had already been placed on the list and I said I was going to be asking for a shuffle, and the Judge ... I mean at the time that they came in you only qualified the jury. It was not a situation where we were getting ready to actually yoir dire the jury or that they had actually been seated. THE COURT: Mr. Bell [prosecutor]? PROSECUTOR: Yes, Your Honor. THE COURT: Go ahead. I want him to hear this. DEFENSE COUNSEL: Okay. Initially I was asked did I want the jury panel to come in in the order they had already been written down in, the order they had been selected, or did I want them to come in in another manner. I said it didn’t matter because I was going to ask for a shuffle in that the jury was only”

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

2. “PROSECUTOR: Your Honor, in all due respect, we need on the record that the defense counsel has asked for a shuffle prior to the jury being seated, because she has a right to have them seated. THE COURT: I know. She said she doesn’t want them seated that way. PROSECUTOR: I understand.”

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