McFarley v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
James McFarley was indicted for the offense of promoting prison contraband in the first degree, in violation of §13A-10-36, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found McFarley guilty as charged in the indictment, and he was sentenced to a five-year term of imprisonment, which term would run consecutively with the sentence he was then serving. Two issues are raised on appeal.
I
McFarley contends that the State exercised three of its seven peremptory juror strikes in a racially discriminatory manner to remove blacks from the jury in violation of Batson v.Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90…
Also in this document: Concurrence.
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Castaneda v. PartidaSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Avery v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Ex Parte BranchSupreme Court of Alabama · 1987
- Ex Parte BirdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1991
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3Cited by10 opinions
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- White v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
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