Berry v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• challenging juror based on view of death penalty is acceptable race-neutral reason
• challenging juror based on view of death penalty is acceptable race-neutral reason
• “A challenge . . . based upon a juror’s views on the death penalty is an acceptable race neutral reason.”
• “If the defendant fails to rebut, the trial judge must base his decision on the reasons given by the State.”
• “A challenge by the State based upon a juror’s views on the death penalty is an acceptable race neutral reason.”
• “Where multiple reasons lead to a peremptory strike, the fact that other jurors may have some of the individual characteristics of the challenged juror does not demonstrate that the reasons assigned are pretextual.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

116 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Byrom v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-16· cited 320×
• Howell v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 267×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2005-03-31· cited 215×
• Brown v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-09-02· cited 212×
• Goff v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2009-05-28· cited 189×
• Spicer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-01-05· cited 184×
• Havard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2006-02-09· cited 173×
• Galloway v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-06-06· cited 160×
• Lynch v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-27· cited 153×
• Batiste v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2013-05-16· cited 151×
• Pitchford v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-06-24· cited 129×
• Scott v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-06-10· cited 125×
• State v. Carr
  Supreme Court of Kansas· 2014-07-25· cited 125×
• Flowers v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2007-02-01· cited 124×
• Dycus v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-04-15· cited 121×
• Branch v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2004-05-27· cited 121×
• Chamberlin v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2008-07-17· cited 119×
• Howard v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2003-07-24· cited 116×
• Gillett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2010-07-01· cited 115×
• Knox v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 2002-01-24· cited 112×

Cites

198 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Hernandez v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-28· cited 4,168×
• Wainwright v. Witt
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-21· cited 3,997×
• Purkett v. Elem
  Supreme Court· 1995-05-15· cited 3,008×
• Powers v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1991-04-01· cited 2,917×
• Lockhart v. McCree
  Supreme Court· 1986-05-05· cited 1,649×
• Clemons v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1990-04-17· cited 1,318×
• Neal v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-05-23· cited 666×
• Stringer v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-08-15· cited 648×
• Hansen v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1991-12-18· cited 521×
• Ballenger v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 508×
• Billiot v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-06-06· cited 479×
• Foster v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-04-28· cited 467×
• Chase v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-02-24· cited 466×
• Williams v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1984-01-18· cited 461×
• Walker v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1995-10-12· cited 460×
• Fisher v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1985-10-16· cited 457×
• Lockett v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1987-09-30· cited 443×
• Conner v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1994-03-17· cited 409×
• Taylor v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1996-04-25· cited 406×