Opinion ID: 1714125
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Eugene Dixon

Text: ¶ 20. Dixon did not indicate on the Juror Information Card whether he was married, and, if so, the name and employment of his wife; how long he had lived in Harrison County, and how long he had been employed by Grand Casino as a hood cleaner. The State struck Dixon because he was unresponsive on the card. ¶ 21. Horne counters by arguing that seven of the unanswered questions concerned Dixon's marital status, children and possible retirement, and since Dixon was only 26 years old, he was obviously unmarried, without children, and without retirement prospects. Furthermore, the State accepted two other venirepersons who did not completely respond to the juror information card. ¶ 22. We find that the State's reason for striking Dixon was race-neutral. Horne's argument does not address Dixon's failure to state how long he had lived in Harrison County and how long he had been employed. Just because someone is 26 and presumably unmarried does not mean that he has no children. The State struck Dixon because, without any more information about Dixon's work history and family life, not knowing how long Dixon had resided in Harrison County, and given Dixon's youth, the State could reasonably conclude that Dixon was more or less irresponsible and somewhat unstable. We have previously found these reasons to be race-neutral. See, e.g., Davis v. State, 660 So.2d 1228, 1242 (Miss.1995).