Tag: Batson
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Colorado justices struggle with juror in Black defendant’s trial who ‘didn’t want diversity’
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Members of the Colorado Supreme Court this week struggled with the fate of a Black defendant’s convictions in an overwhelmingly White jurisdiction, after a trial judge refused to dismiss a juror who admitted he “didn’t want diversity.” Although the justices have previously addressed cases involving people of…
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Appeals court finds no discrimination in prosecutor’s removal of Asian juror from murder trial
The Court of Appeals also rejected the defendant’s other claims based on prosecutorial misconduct and a juror who brought a comic strip for the judge
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Colorado court finds no racial discrimination in Jeffco prosecutors’ jury selection
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A Jefferson County judge correctly found no racial discrimination was behind prosecutors’ dismissal of two apparently Hispanic jurors, the state’s second-highest court ruled on Thursday, even though some of the prosecution’s reasons did not match with reality and the judge seemed largely concerned about the “long day” when justifying the women’s removal. Under longstanding U.S.…
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Appeals court finds no discrimination in Denver prosecutor’s removal of Black woman from jury
Colorado’s second-highest court on Thursday deemed it a “close” call, but ultimately decided Denver prosecutors had not removed a Black, presumably Muslim woman from a jury in violation of the longstanding prohibition on purposeful discrimination. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals noted that Juror L was a Black woman who wore a head…
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State Supreme Court explores role of shifting explanations in race-based juror dismissals
Over 30 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court recognized that purposeful racial discrimination in jury selection is unconstitutional, requiring prosecutors to now cite a “race-neutral reason” if a defendant challenges their decision to remove a juror of color. This week, the Colorado Supreme Court considered a narrow question implicating that protocol: If an appeals court…
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Court finds no discrimination after prosecutor dismissed all Hispanic jurors in trial
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The Denver-based federal appeals court concluded on Monday that a prosecutor who dismissed all the Hispanic members of a jury pool did not violate the longstanding prohibition against intentional racial discrimination in jury selection. A three-judge panel for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit declined to grant a new trial for Jack…
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State Supreme Court reverses man’s convictions for handling of race-based juror dismissal
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A man serving a 144-year sentence for kidnapping, sexually assaulting and trying to kill a teenager will receive a new trial, after the Colorado Supreme Court decided Monday that a Denver judge improperly handled the defendant’s assertion of racial discrimination in his jury selection. Members…