Opinion

State v. Nelson

  • 85 So. 3d 21
  • 2012 WL 798767
Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Filed
Mar 13, 2012
Status
Published
Author
Sexton
On the bench
Johnson, Victory, Hoc, Guidry, Sexton
Cited by
54 cases

a substantial violation of defendant’s constitutional right to a fair trial warranted reversal of defendant’s conviction and sentence

How later courts described this case

  • a substantial violation of defendant’s constitutional right to a fair trial warranted reversal of defendant’s conviction and sentence
  • noting that the majority of courts have delegated the Batson remedy to the discretion of the trial -5- court
  • “Unless a discriminatory intent is inherent in the striking party’s explanation, the reason |14offered will be deemed race-neutral.”
  • noting that the majority of courts have delegated the Batson remedy to the discretion of the trial court

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

SEXTON, Justice Ad Hoc,

concurs in the result.*

hi concur in the result reached by the majority.

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