Christopher Anthony Floyd was born in
1972.
Christopher Anthony Floyd is on death
row in the state of Alabama. He was born in 1972
You can write to this prisoner at
Christopher Anthony Floyd 0000z723
Holman Correctional Facility
Holman 3700
Atmore, AL 36503-3700
Crime
In 2005 Floyd was convicted of the
murder of Waylon Crawford. The murder was made capital because it was
committed during a robbery
His appeal (see link) includes:
The State contends that no inference exists that the State engaged in purposeful discrimination because Floyd offered only “bare assertions of discrimination and statistics showing that black veniremembers were struck by the prosecutor” (State's brief at p. 43) and that Floyd's assertions regarding voir dire of the complained-of stricken African-American veniremembers-that some African-American veniremembers who did not respond during voir dire were struck by the prosecution, while other African-American veniremembers who answered questions in a manner Floyd deemed favorable to the State were also struck by the State-did not constitute a showing of purposeful discrimination. However, as Floyd correctly argued, the State used 55.5% of its strikes to remove 90.9% of the African-American veniremembers. Further, Floyd did not rely on statistics alone. Rather, Floyd correctly noted that four of the stricken veniremembers did not provide any response in voir dire that would provide a basis for being stricken from the panel. Floyd also argued that five of the African-American veniremembers struck by the State provided answers during voir dire which, according to Floyd, were favorable to the State. Floyd's argument regarding the State's allegedly improper gender-based strikes is considerably less detailed than his race-based argument. However, he does aver that the State used 12 of its 18 strikes to remove women from the venire
His appeal (see link) includes:
The State contends that no inference exists that the State engaged in purposeful discrimination because Floyd offered only “bare assertions of discrimination and statistics showing that black veniremembers were struck by the prosecutor” (State's brief at p. 43) and that Floyd's assertions regarding voir dire of the complained-of stricken African-American veniremembers-that some African-American veniremembers who did not respond during voir dire were struck by the prosecution, while other African-American veniremembers who answered questions in a manner Floyd deemed favorable to the State were also struck by the State-did not constitute a showing of purposeful discrimination. However, as Floyd correctly argued, the State used 55.5% of its strikes to remove 90.9% of the African-American veniremembers. Further, Floyd did not rely on statistics alone. Rather, Floyd correctly noted that four of the stricken veniremembers did not provide any response in voir dire that would provide a basis for being stricken from the panel. Floyd also argued that five of the African-American veniremembers struck by the State provided answers during voir dire which, according to Floyd, were favorable to the State. Floyd's argument regarding the State's allegedly improper gender-based strikes is considerably less detailed than his race-based argument. However, he does aver that the State used 12 of its 18 strikes to remove women from the venire
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