Court Opinion

ID: 9602375
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:53:53.882348+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:02:02.425304
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Judge Becton
concurring in the result.
Although my intuitive convictions — that a death-qualified jury is more prone to convict than a non-death-qualified jury and fails to represent a fair cross-section of the community — have been verified based on methodologically sound sociological studies and surveys as well as expert testimony, see Grigsby v. Mabry, *558758 F. 2d 226 (8th Cir. 1985) (en banc), petition for cert. granted sub nom. Lockhart v. McCree, --- U.S. ---, 88 L.Ed. 2d 48, 106 S.Ct. 59 (7 October 1985), I am compelled to concur in the result. I do so, however, solely because our Supreme Court has consistently upheld the death qualification process utilized in this case. See, e.g., State v. Young, 312 N.C. 669, 325 S.E. 2d 181 (1985); State v. Murray, 310 N.C. 541, 313 S.E. 2d 523 (1984).