Court Opinion

ID: 9932012
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2024-02-09 18:32:06.56926+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:42:28.082905
License: Public Domain

I concur with Justice Adams's opinion as to its holding that the State violated the principle of Batson v. Kentucky,476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). I concur in the result as to the holding that Powers v. Ohio, ___ U.S. ___,111 S.Ct. 1364, 113 L.Ed.2d 411 (1991), gives Bird standing to raise the Batson issue as a matter of federal constitutional law. I do not base my decision in this issue on any interpretation or application of Alabama law.
SHORES, HOUSTON, STEAGALL and KENNEDY, JJ., concur.