State v. Robinson

CARL R. GAERTNER, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced to eight years imprisonment as a prior and persistent offender. Defendant raised a timely Batson challenge to the State’s use of its peremptory strikes which the court overruled. He also challenged two of the State’s strikes for cause which were overruled as well. We affirm.

Defendant’s first point on appeal is that the trial court committed error when it impaneled the jury over his objection because the prosecutor’s peremptory strikes against blacks were racially motivated.…