{"id":2395,"date":"2020-10-01T05:27:07","date_gmt":"2020-10-01T09:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2395"},"modified":"2020-09-27T17:32:43","modified_gmt":"2020-09-27T21:32:43","slug":"selecting-an-impartial-jury-in-a-massachusetts-criminal-trial-sjc-reviews-case-of-commonwealth-v-rosa-roman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/selecting-an-impartial-jury-in-a-massachusetts-criminal-trial-sjc-reviews-case-of-commonwealth-v-rosa-roman\/","title":{"rendered":"Selecting an Impartial Jury in a Massachusetts Criminal Trial: SJC reviews case of Commonwealth v. Rosa-Roman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p class=\"Standard\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer must continue to exercise preemptory challenges when prosecutors attempt to exclude minority jurors. \u00a0A criminal defense is entitled a a jury that represents a cross-section of the community. \u00a0Cultural stereotypes are reinforced when prosecutors are allowed to rely on them to exclude jurors based on race. \u00a0The case of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.masslive.com\/news\/2020\/09\/sjc-denies-new-trial-for-dennis-rosa-roman-convicted-of-2011-chicopee-murder-of-amanda-plasse.html\">Commonwealth v. Dennis Rosa-Roman<\/a> raises these issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What happened in the Rosa-Roman Case? \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Standard\">On August 26, 2011, Amanda Plasse was found stabbed to death in her Chicopee apartment. Dennis Rosa-Roman was arrested for this murder, and found guilty. Although he appealed, his conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Judicial Court. \u00a0In his appeal, Rosa-Roman alleged irregularities in the jury selection process. Specifically, he alleged that a Hispanic female and an African-American female were improperly excluded by the prosecution by use of peremptory strikes (strikes not for cause) due to their race. When such an objection is raised, the trial court must conduct an inquiry as to whether there are adequate, genuine group-neutral reasons for the peremptory strike. The trial court did so; as will be seen below, the defense disagreed with the trial court\u2019s rulings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/selecting-an-impartial-jury-in-a-massachusetts-criminal-trial-sjc-reviews-case-of-commonwealth-v-rosa-roman\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Selecting an Impartial Jury in a Massachusetts Criminal Trial: SJC reviews case of Commonwealth v. 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