Ross v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
The issue presented by this petition is whether an appellant may raise a Batson1 claim under the posture of an allegation of ineffective assistance of counsel. More than three months after he was sentenced, the defendant, Judge Ross, Jr., alleged in his untimely pro se motion for new trial that his trial counsel had failed to adequately prepare for trial and had failed to challenge, under Batson v. Kentucky,476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), the prosecutor's use of peremptory strikes to strike "several" blacks from the jury venire. In his motion, Ross also challenged the trial…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Ex Parte O'LearySupreme Court of Alabama · 1982
- Spradley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1982
- Johnson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1985
- Bell v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1988
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3Cited by43 opinions
- Tarver v. HopperCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999
- Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- Rieber v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1994
- Cooper v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
- Rose v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1992
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