Maddox v. State

This is an appeal from the appellant's conviction of rape in the second degree, a violation of § 13A-6-62, Code of Alabama 1975. The appellant was sentenced, pursuant to § 15-18-8, Codeof Alabama 1975, the Split Sentence Act, to 10 years' imprisonment, with three years to be spent in actual confinement.1

I

The appellant first argues that this court should declare the peremptory challenge system unconstitutional. The record reflects that, before his jury was empaneled, the appellant made a motion, pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79,106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), and J.E.B. v.…