Opinion ID: 1714125
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: Veronica Burns

Text: ¶ 23. Burns had been a victim of an aggravated assault and seemed inattentive during voir dire. Horne counters that, even though Burns was the victim of a crime, the crime was committed about 20 years prior to the voir dire, and she stated that she was satisfied with the outcome of the criminal proceedings and her experience would not affect her during the trial. ¶ 24. Inattentiveness alone has been accepted as a race-neutral explanation for the exercise of a peremptory strike. Puckett, 788 So.2d at 760. Therefore, inattentiveness, combined with the fact that Burns was the victim of a crime, are more than sufficient reasons to overcome any presumption that Burns was struck because of her race. See Tanner, 764 So.2d at 394 (It can hardly be said that striking a juror who has been the victim of a crime or attempted crime is racially motivated.).