Legal Opinion
Berry v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 12, 1993No. S93A0712PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Clarke, Chief Justice.
This marks appellant’s second appearance before this Court on this case. See Berry v. State, 262 Ga. 614 (422 SE2d 861) (1992) for the facts.
On his first appeal, appellant claimed that the trial court erred in denying his Batson objection. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69) (1986). The prosecution used nine of the ten objections to strike black jurors. Originally the trial court found that the appellant did not make a prima facie showing of discrimination since a higher percentage of African-Americans actually served on the jury than were…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Gamble v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Berry v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
- Weems v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1992
- Walker v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
3Cited by15 opinions
- Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Moak v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1996
- George v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2003
- McGlohon v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1997
- Byers v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
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