Raspberry v. State

The appellant, Eric Dewayne Raspberry, was convicted of manslaughter, a violation of § 13A-6-3, Code of Alabama 1975. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

The evidence tended to show that the appellant shot and killed Jeffery Cole with a shotgun outside Mary and Shed's Lounge in Bessemer, Alabama, on August 24, 1990.

I

The appellant argues that the court erred in denying his motion based on Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79,106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). In Batson, the United States Supreme Court held that "the Equal Protection Clause forbids the prosecutor to challenge potential jurors…