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Smith v. State

Citations

  • 571 S.E.2d 740
  • 275 Ga. 715
  • 2002 Fulton County D. Rep. 3159
  • 2002 Ga. LEXIS 960

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that a trial court should consider the number of persons of a given group who are legally eligible to serve as jurors
  • holding that statistics regarding citizens are the most relevant to a jury composition claim
  • assuming, without deciding, the existence of an under-representation of 12.5 percentage points
  • stating regarding cases where citizenship appears to be a significant factor: “When alleging underrepresentation of a distinctive group, a defendant ‘must, to establish a prima facie case, present data showing that the percentage of persons in that group (on the jury list
  • “The trial court did not err by finding that Hall County Hispanics are a distinctive group.”
  • on mixed questions of fact and law, appellate court independently applies applicable legal principles to facts

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Judges: Hines, Benham

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