Batson legacy

Batson Legacy

No purposeful discrimination based on sex or ethnicity by prosecutors.

Reverse Batson Challenge

A challenge to the defense attorney's race-based peremptory challenges, established in Georgia v. McCollum (1992).

Foster v. Chatman (2016)

A case that scrutinized Batson challenges involving a trial for malice murder and burglary.

Venire

The pool of potential jurors from which the jury is selected.

Peremptory Challenges

The ability of attorneys to reject a certain number of potential jurors without stating a reason.

Georgia Supreme Court

The court that denied the appeal related to the Batson challenge in this case.

Race motivated vs. Race neutral strategy

The distinction whether jury selection was influenced by the race of prospective jurors or justified on non-racial grounds.

Juror identification

The practice of labeling potential jurors based on race, as seen in the 'B' notation for black prospective jurors.

US Supreme Court Analysis (Roberts)

The analysis provided by Chief Justice Roberts regarding the prosecutor's claim of race-neutral decision making.

Trial Judge's role in Batson Challenge

To determine whether the prosecutor's justification for striking jurors is race neutral.