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Herrin v. State

Citations

  • 471 S.E.2d 297
  • 221 Ga. App. 356
  • 96 Fulton County D. Rep. 2123
  • 1996 Ga. App. LEXIS 498

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  • prosecutor considered marriage and children in deciding strikes, and these reasons were not unconstitutional bases for excluding a potential juror
  • in cruelty to children prosecution, prosecutor’s use of marital status and having children were legitimate factors for excluding potential juror
  • State made inquiries about potential jurors with law enforcement and struck based on negative experiences
  • although the prosecutor stated that he struck a juror “ ‘because he is ... male,’ ” the context showed that he was identifying the juror for discussion purposes
  • counsel’s admission of gender consideration is automatically an unconstitutional strike

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Judges: Beasley, Birdsong, Blackburn

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