Pippin v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant appeals from his conviction of a violation of the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. Appellant, who is black, enumerates four errors, in each of which he attacks as unconstitutional the use by the state of five of its ten peremptory challenges to strike prospective black jurors.

1. Notwithstanding appellant’s invocation of the provisions of the Constitution of the United States and of this state, jurisdiction is properly in this court. This appeal does not require construction of provisions of the federal and state constitutions but rather raises an issue which can be…