Maddux v. State

While I agree with Judge Campbell’s analysis that today’s majority opinion should not be read to abrogate the rule which seeks to prevent attorneys from committing prospective jurors to a particular verdict, and while it seems that our analysis must, necessarily, proceed on a case-by-case basis, I write separately to emphasize that what little amount of guidance that has been provided in the area of peremptory strike analysis should be explicated in order to aid practitioners, and also that the law should allow more extensive questioning than it now does.

The concept of allowing a defendant’s…