Pitchford v. Cain · ¶40

The Mississippi Supreme Court analyzed Mr. Pitchford's Batson claim this way. At step one, the court upheld the trial court's ruling that Mr. Pitchford's statistical argument suffced to make out a prima facie case. Pitchford, 45 So. 3d, at 224–226. It also upheld the trial court's step two ruling that the prosecution's reasons were race neutral. Id., at 226–227. And when it came to step three, the Mississippi Supreme Court held that Mr. Pitchford hadn't carried his ultimate burden to show purposeful discrimination. See id., at 227–228.

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