Lucas v. State

Appellant seeks review of an order denying post-conviction relief.

The motion filed in the trial court sought relief based upon four grounds: 1) the jury *340was prejudicially composed of all females and only one black person due to the state’s improper use of its peremptory challenges to exclude blacks and males, 2) trial counsel was ineffective for having failed to object to the state’s improper use of its peremptory challenges and to the resulting venire, 3) trial counsel was ineffective for having failed to demonstrate that appellant was arrested without a warrant and without probable cause,…