Court Opinion

ID: 9759113
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 00:06:18.353505+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:59.525286
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DONNELLY, Judge,
concurring.
For me, the teaching of Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. (10 Otto) 303, 25 L.Ed. 664 (1880), is that the use of peremptory challenges should be eliminated from the criminal justice system. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. -, -, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 1726-29, 90 L.Ed.2d 69, 91-95 (1986) (Marshall, J., concurring); Note, The Case for Abolishing Peremptory Challenges in Criminal Trials, 21 Harv.C.R. — C.L. L.Rev. 227 (1986); State v. Lockett (Mo. banc 1986) (No. 68186, decided December 16,1986).
If this were done, challenges for cause would be sustained upon the slightest indication of prejudice.
I respectfully suggest that the General Assembly consider repealing § 546.180, RSMo 1978.
I concur.