Weaver v. State

COBB, Judge.

The appellant, Jerry Lamar Weaver, was convicted of manslaughter, a violation of § 13A-6-3, Ala.Code 1975. He was sentenced to 16 years in the penitentiary and was ordered to pay $3,354.03 in restitution. The appellant raises four issues on appeal.

I

The appellant contends that he made a prima facie showing that the prosecution in exercising its peremptory strikes engaged in race and gender discrimination in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), and J.E.B. v. Alabama, 511 U.S. 127, 114 S.Ct. 1419, 128 L.Ed.2d 89 (1994). J.E.B. extends…