State v. Hawkins

Jun 6, 1986
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ORDER

Appellant moves to remand for evidentiary hearing pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, _ U. ‍​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍S. _, 106 S. Ct. 1712, 90 L. Ed. (2d) 69 (1986). In Batson, the United States Supreme Court announced that upon a criminal defendant’s prima facie showing ‍​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍that the State exercised its peremptory juror strikes in a racially discriminatory manner, the burden shifts to the State to provide a neutral ‍​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍explanation.

We hold that Batson shall not apply retroactively to convictions obtained by juries empaneled prior to April 30, 1986, the date of the Batson decision. See, 106 S. ‍​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍Ct. at 1725-26, 1731-32, 1740-41; Daniel v. Louisiana, 420 U. S. 31, 95 S. Ct. 704, 42 L. Ed. (2d) 790 (1975). Because appellant was tried ‍​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​‍before the decision in Batson, the motion to remand is denied.

It is so ordered.