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Once the trial court ruled that defendant had failed to make out a prima facie challenge under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), the Batson inquiry should have concluded. Accordingly, we do not consider the state’s post facto reply to the trial court’s request for race-neutral explanations for the state’s peremptory challenges of Black
The trial court did not clearly err in determining that the state did not improperly use its peremptory strikes against Black jurors. The white jurors who gave similar answers and who were not struck were more pro-death penalty and appeared less likely to improperly sympathize with the defendant and/or to give more credibility to the
Baby “Glenda” lived in the home where her infant brother “Gary” (1) died as a result of suspected neglect, i.e., asphyxia on account of blankets in his Pack ‘n Play and a lack of supervision and care and (2) was neglected, i.e., he was placed in an injurious environment, a Pack ‘n Play with blankets