Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 6/22/2000

Commonwealth v. Rodriguez

Citations

431 Mass. 804
731 N.E.2d 71
2000 Mass. LEXIS 362

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rejecting defense counsel’s explanation that he did not like juror’s “looks”
that women were disproportionately represented in venire, had been seated on jury, and remained in venire did not preclude judge from finding that defendant lacked gender-neutral reason for peremptory challenge
no basis for voluntary manslaughter instruction where defendant had been suspicious of victim’s infidelity for several months
where defendant harbored suspicions that his wife was having a sexual relationship with another man, he cannot claim that confirmation of the infidelity constituted a \sudden\ discovery
once judge recognized showing of impropriety by finding pattern of excluding women from panel, burden shifted to counsel to provide “group-neutral” reason for challenges
after pattern of excluding female jurors was established, defendant’s subsequent attempt to challenge another female juror was invalid because “not lik[ing] her looks” was insufficient gender-neutral reason for peremptory challenge

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Judges: Abrams

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