Tillman v. State

Johnson, Chief Judge.

Shannon Tillman appeals from his armed robbery conviction. He claims the court erred in determining that his reasons for striking three members of the jury pool were not race-neutral and in admitting his statement to police into evidence. The claims are without merit, and we therefore affirm Tillman’s conviction.

1. A defendant may not engage in purposeful discrimination on the basis of race in the use of peremptory challenges. Wilburn v. State, 230 Ga. App. 619, 622 (2) (497 SE2d 380) (1998). When the state claims a defendant used peremptory challenges in a racially…