State v. Crawford

OPINION

James M. Dowd, Presiding Judge

Rashaad Crawford appeals from the judgment entered upon his conviction following a jury trial in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis of one count of second-degree murder, two counts of first-degree assault, one count of first-degree robbery, and four counts of armed criminal action, for which he received a sentence of life imprisonment plus twenty years. In his sole point on appeal, Crawford contends that the trial court clearly erred by overruling his challenge under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986) to…