Thompson v. Garland

How courts have described this case

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• holding trial court disregarded presumption of nondiscrimination when it required the defendant to disprove the State’s assertion of discriminatory intent
• observing that “the genuineness of the explanation is the yardstick with which the trial court will determine whether or not the proffered reason is pretextual.”
• noting that although Melbourne involved a claim of race-based discrimination in the use of a peremptory challenge, the same procedure applies to claims of gender-based discrimination
• finding that one relevant circumstance a trial court can consider in determining the genuineness of a strike is whether the strike is “based on a reason equally applicable to an unchallenged juror.”
• finding that one relevant circumstance a trial court can consider in determining the genuineness of a strike is whether the strike is “based on a reason equally applicable to an unchallenged juror.”
• finding no genuineness inquiry was conducted when the court mistakenly considered defense counsel’s peremptory strike for cause

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