attorney’s impression of a prospective juror’s demean- or is a legitimate, race-neutral reason
How later courts described this case
- attorney’s impression of a prospective juror’s demean- or is a legitimate, race-neutral reason
- trial court did not err in accepting as neutral a prosecutor’s striking four prospective jurors who “had a familiarity with the location where this incident was alleged to have taken place,” while accepting three others, as part of over all strategy
- plurality Opinion by Beck, J.
- Concurring Opinion by Cirillo, P.J.
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
POPOVICH, Judge,
concurring:
I join the majority’s opinion as authored by the Honorable Phyllis W. Beck, except for Section IV, A of the opinion. Via dicta, Judge Beck, in effect, suggests a new rule of criminal procedure designed to dispose of Batson claims. The creation of new rules of procedure is neither the Superior Court’s function nor our providence. Accordingly, I limit my agreement with the majority.