Fletcher v. State

The appellant, Cleavon Fletcher, was convicted of robbery in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975, and was sentenced, as a habitual offender, to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.

On appeal, Fletcher claims that the trial court erred in denying his motion made pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky,476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Specifically, he claims that the state's explanation for striking one of two black members of the jury venire was not supported by the record, that no follow up questions were asked of that black veniremember…