White v. State

Andrews, Presiding Judge. •

David White appeals from the judgment entered after a jury convicted him of armed robbery. White’s only argument on appeal is that the trial court erred in granting the State’s McCollum 1 challenge to five of White’s peremptory strikes. We find no error and affirm.

At trial, White, an African-American, used all 12 of his peremptory strikes to remove white potential jurors from the panel. The State challenged these strikes as discriminatory, and the trial court seated five of the jurors.

In evaluating a challenge under Batson or McCollum, a trial court must employ a…