Court Opinion

ID: 9847805
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:07:45.581213+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:35.155114
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Sears-Collins, Justice,
concurring specially.
In Aldridge v. State, 258 Ga. 75 (365 SE2d 111) (1988), we found that raw numbers and statistics are relevant to a determination of the existence of discrimination, but must be considered along with all other relevant circumstances. The statistics used in Aldridge were such that, in light of all other circumstances, we found they showed a lack of discrimination. However the same statistics may not lead to the same results in another case, depending on the make-up of the jury pool, the questions posed on voir dire, and other factors. In this case, the record shows that the trial court based its decision solely on a comparison of the racial composition of the venire jury pool to the *106racial composition of the petit jury, and did not consider other possibly relevant circumstances. It is necessary to remand the case for consideration of other relevant circumstances, as they are required under Aldridge.
Decided March 20, 1992
Reconsideration denied April 1, 1992.
Thomas, Kennedy, Sampson, Edwards & Patterson, Paul L. Howard, Jr., for appellant.
Lewis R. Slaton, District Attorney, Carl P. Greenberg, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, C. A. Benjamin Woolf, Staff Attorney, for appellee.