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IZIAH BARDEN" ], "opinions": [ { "text": "HUDSON, Justice.\nThis matter is before the Court for the second time regarding alleged racial discrimination injury selection. On 8 November 1999, a jury convicted defendant of first-degree murder in the Superior Court in Sampson County and on 12 November 1999, defendant was sentenced to death. Following defendant\u2019s first appeal under N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-27(a), this Court remanded the case to the trial court for the limited purpose of holding a hearing pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 90 L. Ed. 2d 69 (1986), but found no error otherwise in defendant\u2019s trial or sentencing. State v. Barden, 356 N.C. 316, 572 S.E.2d 108 (2002), cert. denied, 538 U.S. 1040, 155 L. Ed. 2d 1074 (2003) [hereinafter Barden I\\.\nIn Barden I, defendant challenged the State\u2019s use of peremptory challenges to remove two prospective African-American jurors, Lemuel Baggett and Brenda Corbett. This Court noted that the first prong of the Batson test was at issue: Whether defendant made a prima facie showing that the challenges were based on race. We held that the trial court erred in concluding that defendant failed to present a prima facie showing under Batson and ordered that on remand, the trial court \u201cgive the State an opportunity for presenting race-neutral reasons for striking prospective jurors Baggett and Corbett.\u201d Id. at 345, 572 S.E.2d at 128.\nIn anticipation of the Batson hearing, on 21 March 2003, defendant filed various motions aimed at obtaining information about materials used by the prosecution before and at trial to guide the State\u2019s jury selection process. These filings included motions for discovery and production of documents. The trial court denied the motions.\nDefendant\u2019s Batson hearing was held during the 28 March 2003 special criminal session of the Superior Court in Sampson County. On 10 April 2003, Judge Balog entered an order denying defendant\u2019s Batson claims. Defendant again appealed to this Court, asserting error in the trial court\u2019s denial of his 21 March 2003 discovery motions and the trial court\u2019s denial of his Batson claims.\nDefendant assigns as error the denial of his \u201cMotion for Discovery\u201d and \u201cMotion for Production of Documents,\u201d seeking to obtain notes, manuals, policies and other documents which could shed light on the State\u2019s preparation for and conduct of jury selection. Both motions were filed pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 15A-1415(f). Section 15A-1415 by its plain language applies to proceedings surrounding a \u201cpostconviction motion for appropriate relief.\u201d Because these discovery issues arise in the context of defendant\u2019s direct appeal rather than a post-conviction motion for appropriate relief, the trial court properly denied defendant\u2019s motions for discovery.\nHowever, we again remand this case to the Superior Court in Sampson County for the limited purpose of conducting an additional Batson hearing. On remand, a judge presiding over a criminal session shall consider the voir dire responses of prospective juror Baggett and those of Teresa Birch, a white woman seated on defendant\u2019s jury, in light of Snyder v. Louisiana, 552 U.S. \u2014\u2022, 128 S. Ct. 1203,-L. Ed. 2d-(2008), Rice v. Collins, 546 U.S. 333, 163 L. Ed. 2d 824 (2006), and Miller-El v. Dretke, 545 U.S. 231, 162 L. Ed. 2d 196 (2005), cases decided after defendant\u2019s prior Batson hearing. The State shall have an opportunity to offer race-neutral reasons for striking juror Baggett while seating juror Birch. The court should determine whether these explanations are race-neutral under the framework set forth in these United States Supreme Court decisions, which were not available to it at the time of the 2003 hear-. ing. If the court upholds the strikes after this new hearing under Batson in light of Snyder, Rice, and Miller-El, the defendant\u2019s sentence will stand. If not, he is entitled to a new trial. The trial court\u2019s order is subject to appellate review.\nAccordingly, we remand to the Superior Court in Sampson County for another hearing on the Batson issue in light of Snyder, Rice, and Miller-El, with regard to prospective jurors Lemuel Baggett and Teresa Birch. The trial court is directed to hold this hearing, make findings of fact and conclusions of law, and certify its opinion to this Court within 120 days of the filing date of this opinion.\nREMANDED.", "type": "majority", "author": "HUDSON, Justice." } ], "attorneys": [ "Roy Cooper, Attorney General, by Robert C. Montgomery, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.", "Ann B. Petersen for defendant-appellant." ], "corrections": "", "head_matter": "STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA v. IZIAH BARDEN\nNo. 96A01-2\n(Filed 11 April 2008)\n1. Discovery\u2014 motions made in direct appeal \u2014 statutory basis in motion for appropriate relief\nMotions for discovery and the production of documents concerning material about the State\u2019s jury selection were properly denied where the motions were filed pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 15A-1415(f). That statute by its plain language applied to proceedings surrounding a postconviction motion for appropriate relief, while these issues arose in the context of defendant\u2019s direct appeal.\n2. Jury\u2014 selection \u2014 Batson hearing \u2014 new U.S. Supreme Court cases\nIn light of U.S. Supreme Court cases not available at the time of jury selection, a first-degree murder prosecution was remanded for another Batson hearing to consider the responses of two prospective jurors and give the State the opportunity to offer race-neutral reasons for striking one while seating the other.\nAppeal as of right pursuant to N.C.G.S. \u00a7 7A-27(a) from an order entered by Judge Steve A. Balog on 10 April 2003 in Superior Court, Sampson County, requiring that commitment issue in accordance with the judgment imposing a sentence of death entered by Judge Balog on 12 November 1999 in Superior Court, Sampson County, following a hearing on remand ordered by this Court pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 90 L. Ed. 2d 69 (1986). Heard in the Supreme Court 14 February 2008.\nRoy Cooper, Attorney General, by Robert C. Montgomery, Special Deputy Attorney General, for the State.\nAnn B. Petersen for defendant-appellant." }, "file_name": "0277-01", "first_page_order": 355, "last_page_order": 358 }