Court Opinion

ID: 9847806
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Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:07:45.583507+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:35.388749
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Fletcher, Justice,
dissenting to Divisions 2 and 3 and to the remand.
This case was tried in November of 1990. The United States Supreme Court Hid not decide Edmonson v. Leesville Concrete Co., 500 U. S. __ (111 SC 2077, 114 LE2d 660) (1991), until June 3, 1991 and this court did not decide Tharpe v. State, 262 Ga. 110 (416 SE2d 78) until March 17, 1992. The trial court should not have to go back in this case and re-evaluate an aspect of the case in light of either or both of those later decisions. Further, I would not alter the standards to be applied to challenges of jury strikes that are based upon Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69) (1986) until the United States Supreme Court provides additional insight into Batson. Such insight may well be provided when that court decides State v. McCollum, 261 Ga. 473 (405 SE2d 688), cert. granted, (112 SC 370) (1991) which was argued before that court in February of 1992.
I am authorized to state that Justice Bell joins in this dissent.