Williams v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, defendant was convicted of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act. He was sentenced to confinement for a period of 14 years (10 years to serve and 4 years on probation). This appeal followed. In his sole enumeration of error, defendant, a black man, contends the trial court erred in ruling that the prosecutor’s peremptory challenge of a particular black juror, Mrs. Lumby, was “race-neutral” as required by Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69).

The record demonstrates that the venire consisted of 40 white…