King v. State

Charley King was convicted on two counts of unlawfully distributing a controlled substance. The appellant was sentenced to two 10 year concurrent terms.

I

The appellant contends that the prosecution used four of its peremptory strikes to remove black males from the venire in violation of Batson v. Kentucky,476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). He contends that the strikes were exercised against these individuals based solely on their race and gender. It is a close question as to whether the appellant preserved the gender based claim for review. In any event, there is no merit to…