State v. McCord

GEER, Judge.

On this appeal, we address the trial court’s ruling after a Batson hearing. Defendant argues that the trial court erred in failing to find that the State engaged in intentional racial discrimination when exercising its peremptory challenges to strike two prospective jurors. We affirm.

On 5 December 2000, this Court addressed defendant’s appeal of judgments finding him guilty of first-degree murder, first-degree rape, first-degree kidnapping, robbery with a firearm, and first-degree burglary. The detailed facts of this case are set out in that opinion. See State v. McCord, 140 N.C.…