Lightfoot v. Commonwealth

ELIZABETH A. McCLANAHAN, Judge.

UPON A REHEARING EN BANC

A jury convicted Rodney William Lightfoot of three counts of robbery, three counts of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, and being armed while entering a bank with the intent to commit larceny. At trial, Lightfoot made a Batson motion in response to the Commonwealth’s use of peremptory strikes to remove two African-American women from the venire, which the trial court denied. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Lightfoot contends the court erred in ruling that he failed to establish a…