Jamie Cartell Payne v. State of Mississippi

ISHEE, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In March 2015, Jamie Payne was convicted by a jury in the Lamar County Circuit Court of robbery. He was sentenced to fifteen years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). On appeal, Payne asserts that the trial court erred in denying his Batson 1 challenge against the State’s peremptory strike of a member of the venire absent a legal race-neutral reason stated during voir dire. Payne also asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial based on the State’s comment during closing arguments. Finding no error, we…