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· 9/21/2016

Williams v. Arkansas Department of Community Correction

Citations

  • 2016 Ark. App. 427
  • 502 S.W.3d 530
  • 2016 Ark. App. LEXIS 455

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that three jurors stood up to answer \yes\ when asked if they \had 'any feelings of any kind that may affect [their] ability in any way to be a fair and impartial juror in the trial of an African American defendant'\
  • noting that three jurors stood up to answer \yes\ when asked if they \had 'any feelings of any kind that may affect [their] ability in any way to be a fair and impartial juror in the trial of an African American defendant'\
  • on plain error review, holding similar questions posed to the jurors as a group were sufficient \to safeguard [the defendant's] right to an impartial jury\
  • “We reject the proposition that upon discovering that a prospective juror was not forthcoming during group voir dire, a district court is required to conduct an individualized inquiry as to racial bias for every other juror in the pool”

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Judges: Kenneth S. Hixson

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