Legal Opinion
Smith v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided September 19, 1994No. S94A0789PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
Appellant was found guilty of murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. On appeal, the convictions were affirmed, but the case was remanded in order to permit the prosecutor to explain why nine black potential jurors had been peremptorily stricken and to allow the trial court to make findings under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69) (1986). Smith v. State, 263 Ga. 224, 226 (4) (430 SE2d 579) (1993). On remand, a hearing was conducted and the trial court found
that the explanation given by the [p]rosecutor for each of his…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hernandez v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- United States v. Thomas Bentley-Smith and Edsil M. Elledge, Jr., A/K/A Ken ElledgeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- Lingo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Bess v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1988
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Burgess v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- King v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Trammel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Bell v. AustinSupreme Court of Georgia · 2005
- Russell v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
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