State v. Batiste

AMY, Judge.

l,The State alleged that the defendant and three others acted in concert in the armed robbery of three individuals in a barber shop. During the robbery, one of the alleged perpetrators shot and killed the proprietor of the business. A jury convicted the' defendant of second degree murder and three counts of armed robbery, as charged, for his role in the crimes. The defendant appeals, asserting that the trial court erred in denying his 'challenges for cause of two jurors and in its denial of a Batson challenge following the State’s use of peremptive strikes to remove three jurors.…