Supreme Court of Connecticut

State v. Holmes

December 24, 2019334 Conn. 202

Summary

The concurrence joins the majority's disposition but argues that the Batson framework is inadequate to address discrimination in jury selection. It identifies historical discrimination, stereotyping, implicit bias, disparate impact, and harm to prospective jurors as systemic problems, and suggests substantially reducing or potentially eliminating peremptory challenges, while reserving the constitutional questions for a future case.