Jones v. State

Smith, Presiding Judge.

Carlton Jones was charged with three counts of armed robbery and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The State dead-docketed the firearms charges. A jury found Jones guilty of two counts of armed robbery and acquitted him of the third charge. Jones’s motion for new trial was denied, and he appeals, alleging error in the trial court’s ruling that he failed to establish a prima facie case of discrimination in selecting the jury under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69) (1986); in the State’s failure to prove venue; and in the…