Hood v. State

The appellant, Alex Jerome Hood, Jr., was indicted and convicted for the capital murder-for-hire of Montgomery County Deputy Sheriff Isaiah Donald Harris. He was sentenced to imprisonment for life without parole. The appellant raises five issues on this appeal from that conviction.

I

The trial court did not err by denying the appellant's motion pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712,90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). The appellant did not meet his burden of presenting a prima facie case of discrimination by the State in the selection of the jury.

The jury venire consisted of 44 persons,…