Court Opinion

ID: 7586261
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-07-29 06:37:14.114797+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:41:14.424696
License: Public Domain

ON RETURN TO REMAND
This cause was remanded to the trial court for a hearing in accordance with Ex parte Branch, 526 So.2d 609 (Ala. 1987). The trial court has returned its findings of fact, it concluded that the district attorney did not present racially neutral explanations for its strikes against black members of the venire in accordance with Ex parte Branch, supra. Therefore, the trial court has granted a mistrial. As the trial court was in the best position to make this determination, and no error in judgment is apparent on the face of the record, this appeal is dismissed. See Scales v. State, 539 So.2d 1074 (Ala. 1988).
OPINION EXTENDED; APPEAL DISMISSED.
All Judges concur.