Legal Opinion

Cochran v. State

Court of Appeals of Georgia

Decided July 10, 1980No. 60044PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Birdsong, Judge.

In Cochran v. State, 151 Ga. App. 478, 479-481, 485 (260 SE2d 371), we remanded the issue of discrimination in grand and traverse jury composition for completion of the record and further determination. In that decision, we adhered to the ruling in Barrow v. State, 239 Ga. 162,165 (236 SE2d 257), that to make out a prima facie case of discrimination, the appellant must prove that an “opportunity for discrimination existed from the source of the jury list, and . . . that use of that infected source produced a significant disparity between the percentages found present in the…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Whitus v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Barrow v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1977
  3. State v. GouldSupreme Court of Georgia · 1974
  4. Pass v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1973
  5. Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1969

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Sacchinelli v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1982
  2. Worthy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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