Butler v. State

Appellant seeks review of his conviction, after jury trial, of two counts of armed robbery with a deadly weapon. He raises three issues: (1) whether a mistrial should have been declared based upon the state’s alleged racial use of peremptory challenges; (2) whether the evidence was sufficient as a matter of law to sustain convictions for armed robbery with a deadly weapon, and (3) whether appellant could be sentenced as an habitual violent felony offender for first degree felonies punishable by life. Although we find no error in the state’s use of peremptory challenges, we must reverse and…