Avery v. State

I concur in the majority opinion; however, I would approach the matter of peremptory strikes somewhat differently, and I concur in a separate opinion only to emphasize the need for preventive rather than corrective measures in this area.

*118The record shows that during voir dire the State’s attorney used all ten of his peremptory strikes to remove blacks from the jury. The defendant, a black man, objected to such a use of the peremptory process as being violative of the Sixth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Georgia. In response to…