McCormick v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of the offenses of rape and burglary. In his sole enumeration of error, defendant contends the trial court erred in permitting the State to use its peremptory strikes in a discriminatory manner in contravention of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S__(106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69).

In Batson v. Kentucky, supra, the Supreme Court held that “the State’s privilege to strike individual jurors through peremptory challenges, is subject to the commands of the Equal Protection Clause,” and that “the Equal Protection Clause forbids the…