Record #:

42556

Author(s):

Grine, Alyson A.

Abstract:

This landmark court case, decided by the United States Supreme Court in 2017, brought to this nation’s legal profession’s attention how it should handle information related to jurors such as racial identity. Grine notes in particular how lawyers handle this issue during the voir dire step of the jury selection process can help prevent racial bias in juries and uphold the Sixth Amendment. How racial bias in juries for North Carolina cases is provided by the author in citing the manual Raising Issues of Race in North Carolina Criminal Cases.

Source:

North Carolina State Bar Journal (NoCar KF 200 N67), Vol. 22 Issue 2, Summer 2017 , p10-13

Subject(s):

Jury selection and racial bias ; Jury selection and cross-racial identification; Jury selection--United States Constitution--Sixth Amendment ; Court cases--North Carolina--racial bias--State v Robinson; Rosales-Lopez v United States ; Ham v South Carolina