Opinion ID: 686522
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Heading: Exclusion of a Prospective Juror

Text: 34 LaRette argues that a prospective juror was improperly excluded because she stated that she would vote against the death penalty unless the victim was extremely close to [her]. The state courts rejected this claim, finding that this juror's views on capital punishment would prevent or substantially impair the performance of her duties as a juror, the proper Sixth Amendment standard under Wainwright v. Witt, 469 U.S. 412, 424, 105 S.Ct. 844, 852, 83 L.Ed.2d 841 (1985). See LaRette, 703 S.W.2d at 40. Giving this finding the presumption of correctness to which it is entitled under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 2254(d) and Wainwright, 469 U.S. at 429, 105 S.Ct. at 854-55, the district court's determination of no constitutional error must be affirmed. 35