State v. Carter

MARY R. RUSSELL, Chief Justice.

Stanley Carter appeals his convictions for first-degree assault and armed criminal action. He alleges that the trial court erred in overruling his Batson1 challenges to three of the prosecutor’s peremptory strikes, and failed to sua sponte admonish the prosecutor or declare a mistrial for alleged prejudicial statements he made during closing arguments. After an opinion by the Court of Appeals, this Court granted transfer pursuant to Mo. Const, art. V, § 10.

This Court holds that Carter did not meet his burden in demonstrating that the prosecutor’s strikes…