Court Opinion

ID: 9595125
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:35:56.280723+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:26.146656
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Andrews, Judge,
concurring specially.
I join in Chief Judge Pope’s special concurrence. We are constrained by the authority of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69) (1986) and its progeny to review peremptory *371challenges to determine if they were racially motivated. Nevertheless, I agree with the assessment of Chief Justice Burger that Batson has substituted for peremptory challenges, “challenges short of a challenge for cause that are just a little bit arbitrary — but not too much.” Id. at 128 (Burger, C. J., dissenting). How can our courts be expected to administer such a rule?