State v. Hickman

OPINION

RYAN, Justice.

¶ 1 State v. Huerta requires automatic reversal of a criminal trial when a defendant uses a peremptory strike to remove a prospective juror whom the trial court should have excused for cause. 175 Ariz. 262, 266, 855 P.2d 776, 780 (1993). We granted review to reexamine Huerta’s automatic reversal rule in light of the United States Supreme Court’s decision in United States v. Martinez-Salazar, 528 U.S. 304, 120 S.Ct. 774, 145 L.Ed.2d 792 (2000),1 and other recent developments with respect to this issue. We have jurisdiction under Article 6, Section 5(3), of the Arizona…