Jackson v. State

Bernes, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Marcus Jerome Jackson was convicted of armed robbery, rape, aggravated sodomy, aggravated assault and kidnapping. He appeals, arguing that the trial court erred in excusing two jurors prior to the voir dire examination, in denying his Batson 1 challenge to the state’s exercise of its peremptory challenges, in restricting his opening statement and in denying his motion to suppress the victim’s out of court identification. We find no error and affirm.

On appeal, we view the evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom in the light most favorable to the…