State v. Burnett

Introduction

Percy Burnett (“Burnett”) appeals from the judgment of the trial court following a jury trial convicting him on one count of felony resisting arrest. The trial court sentenced Burnett to one year in a medium security institution. On appeal, Burnett argues (1) that the State presented insufficient evidence to convict him for felony resisting arrest because no evidence proved that officers arrested him for a felony; and (2) that the trial court should have granted his Batson1 motion because the State’s proffered reason for striking a juror was pretextual.

Because the State did not…