State v. Jennings

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals a jury conviction of unlawful use of a weapon. He was sentenced as a prior offender to a term of five years’ imprisonment to be served concurrently with a previously imposed sentence in another case. We affirm.

In defendant’s sole point on appeal, he contends the trial court abused its discretion in permitting trial to proceed after the State used all of its seven peremptory challenges to strike black venire persons from the jury panel. Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We reject defendant’s claim of error on appeal.

Defendant…