State v. Dean

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Six, J.:

Leroy Dean was convicted by a jury of one count of forgery. K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-3710(a)(2). Because he was on post-release supervision at the time of this crime, Dean was sentenced to 14 months’ incarceration. See K.S.A. 2001 Supp. 21-4603d(a)(l). He appeals his conviction and sentence.

Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 20-3018(c) (transfer on our own motion).

The issues are whether: (1) the district court erred in finding that under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 90 L. Ed. 2d 69, 106 S. Ct. 1712 (1986), the State did not use a peremptory…