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OCR: problems among the courts in states applying the rules of Batsan and its progeny to gender-based jury strikes doep not prove that there are prob lems. Alabama courts have wholeheartedly adopi ted mandates of Batson Edmonson Leesvitle Conerete Company, Powers Ohio, and Georgia McCollum as they apply to race. See, e.g. Bush ? State, 615 So.2d 137 {Ala Cr.A DD 1992) However the manda ites of those cases continue raise praetical problems courts attempting apply them during the course litigation. More than forty cases raising issues relating to the use of peremp tory jury trikes were and addressed by appellate courts Alabama during 1992 Applying the race- based jury strike rules t0 questions of gender would multiply the problems exponentially slowing down litigation 1 every level of the proceed ...