Court Opinion

ID: 9790880
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 02:00:50.018332+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:37:32.350498
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Parks, Presiding Judge,
specially concurring:
I write separately to reiterate my disagreement with the holding in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Rather, I endorse Chief Justice Burger’s dissenting'opinion wherein he opined that counsel should not be forced to explain preemptory challenges. Id. 106 S.Ct. at 1734-39. See Manuel v. State, 751 P.2d 764, 765-6 (Okl.Cr.1988) (Parks, J., Specially Concurring). However, as I stated in Manuel, I am bound by the Batson rule. In applying said rule, I concur with the majority’s disposition of this case.