Cartwright v. State

OPINION

KIRSCH, Judge.

Jerrme Cartwright (“Cartwright”) was convicted after a jury trial of two counts of attempted battery with a deadly weapon,1 each as a Class C felony, two counts of attempted aggravated battery,2 each as a Class B felony, and one count of possession of a handgun by a serious violent felon,3 a Class B felony, and was given an aggregate sentence of twenty-six years executed. He appeals, raising the following restated issues for our review:

I. Whether the trial court erred in denying Cartwright’s objection to the State’s use of a peremptory challenge to strike the only…