· 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
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- 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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