State v. Lee

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Abbott, J.:

This is a direct appeal by the defendant, Undra D. Lee, from his convictions by a jury of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and kidnapping.

Lee contends that the trial court erred in not instructing on second-degree murder; that certain evidence was erroneously introduced at trial; that the statute of limitations had run on all charges except for the murder charge; and that reversible error occurred by reason of the State’s peremptoiy strike of an African-American juror.

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