Batson

8.02 Race-neutral explanation

Ronald Rogers, 176A98, Connie Widenhouse
Explanations given by judge improper
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Jamie Smith, 279A99, Bill Massengale and Marilyn Ozer
As defense did not know whether other jurors had misdemeanor convictions, not known if prosecutor's excusal of black juror due to conviction was racially biased
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Anthony Matthews, COA02-1690, Irving Joyner
As reasons given for exercising peremptories were not credible, removal of jurors was presumably race based.

Eli Alvarez, COA04-521, Paul Pooley
Pretextual reasons advanced for strikes.

Louretha King, COA05-74, Geoffrey Hosford
That one juror cared for the elderly and another had no checking account were not facially valid race-neutral reasons for striking on peremptories.