Opinion · Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama

Harrell v. State

Harrell v. State, No. 1 Div. 779, UP7587944 (Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama Apr. 27, 1990)

Type
Opinion
Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama
Jurisdiction
Alabama
Date
1990-04-27
Topic
general

*1270ON RETURN TO REMAND BOWEN, Judge. This Court remanded this cause to the circuit court for application of the principles of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), as interpreted by Ex parte Branch, 526 So.2d 609 (Ala.1987). After an evidentiary hearing, the trial judge found that “the prosecutor has failed to provide the Court with facially race neutral reasons for its peremptory challenges which are credible under the law.” Therefore, the judgment of conviction is reversed and this cause is remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings. REVERSED AND REMANDED.

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*1270 ON RETURN TO REMAND

BOWEN, Judge.

This Court remanded this cause to the circuit court for application of the principles of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), as interpreted by Ex parte Branch, 526 So.2d 609 (Ala.1987). After an evidentiary hearing, the trial judge found that “the prosecutor has failed to provide the Court with facially race neutral reasons for its peremptory challenges which are credible under the law.”

Therefore, the judgment of conviction is reversed and this cause is remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

All Judges concur.