Jury Selection: Table of Contents
Part VI: Jury Selection
- JURY SELECTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 1
- CHALLENGES FOR CAUSE……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
- PEREMPTORY CHALLENGES……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
- PURPOSEFUL DISCRIMINATION VIOLATES EQUAL PROTECTION……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
- RETROACTIVITY……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 6
- HOLD THE PROSECUTOR’S FEET TO THE FIRE……………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9
- REVERSE BATSON CHALLENGE DENIED………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 11
- DOES BATSON APPLY TO RELIGION?………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12
- DISABILITIES?………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 12
- EXCEPTION TO WAIVER WHEN CAUSE IS SHOWN FOR FAILURE TO OBJECT TO JURY COMPOSITION……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
- LOCATION OF MAKING STRIKES………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
- PROSECUTION IS ENTITLED TO A BATSON EQUAL PROTECTION CHALLENGE………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 13
- EXCLUSION OF THOSE OPPOSED TO THE DEATH PENALTY VIOLATES THE SIXTH AMENDMENT………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 14
- PROSECUTOR’S UNEXERCISED PEREMPTORY CHALLENGE IS OF NO CONSEQUENCE ON APPEAL WHERE WITHERSPOON QUALIFIED JUROR IS WRONGLY EXCLUDED……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 15
- DEATH QUALIFIED JURY IS STILL A FAIR CROSS SECTION OF THE COMMUNITY
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- RIGHT TO INSPECT JURY LISTS………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 16
- MOTION TO QUASH………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17
- “RULE OF EXCLUSION“………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 17
- UNQUALIFIED RIGHT TO INSPECT JURY LIST………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 20
- LENGTHY JURY LIST MAY RESULT IN VIOLATION OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY
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- COUNSEL SHOULD BE PERMITTED TO VOIR DIRE PROSPECTIVE JURORS………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 21
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- FAILURE OF TRIAL JUDGE TO PERMIT QUESTIONS PERTAINING TO BIAS HELD TO BE REVERSIBLE ERROR………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 24
- SUPREME COURT NOT SWAYED BY STUDIES SHOWING RACIAL BIAS IS CONSIDERATION IN DECIDING WHO LIVES OR DIES………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25
- VOIR DIRE………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 26
- PRETRIAL PUBLICITY………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 26
- APPELLANT MUST INCLUDE PREJUDICIAL PUBLICITY IN THE RECORD………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 31
- OTHER EVIDENCE RECEIVED BY THE JURY PREJUDICES SAME………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 31
- JURY SELECTION DISCOVERY………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 31
