Bobby Lee Allen v. State of Mississippi

WESTBROOKS, J,,

DISSENTING:

¶29. I find that the trial court erred when it overruled Allen’s peremptory strikes of two potential jurors. Because I believe the proffered reasons were race- and gender-neutral, I respectfully dissent.

¶30. Allen’s counsel used peremptory strikes on six white males. The prosecutor objected and requested that Allen’s counsel be required to give race- and gender-neutral reasons for the strikes. The court found that Allen’s counsel provided race- and gender-neutral reasons for four of the peremptory strikes. For the remaining two jurors, the following exchange took…