Abshire v. State

How courts have described this case

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• finding that the prosecutor’s statements showed that he was purposefully discriminating against women even though several women served as jurors
• finding it unnecessary to address the second issue on appeal, where the first was dispositive
• finding it unnecessary to address the second issue on appeal, where the first was dispositive
• reversing the defendant's conviction, vacating his death sentence, and remanding the case on the ground that the State's gender-based peremptory challenge violated the prospective juror's and the defendant's rights to equal protection
• vacating guilty verdict and death penalty because of improper use of peremptory strikes against women because “they tend to be more, more emotional than the other people”
• state's challenge to exclude women with male defendant

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).