Adams v. State

MILLER, Chief Judge.

A jury convicted Marcus Julius Adams of one count of armed robbery (OCGA § 16-8-41) and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime (OCGA § 16-11-106). Adams appeals, contending that the trial court erred in overruling his Batson challenge to the State’s peremptory strikes of two African-American jurors. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the jury’s verdict (Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979)), the evidence shows that on July 21, 2005, Joseph Reid entered a service station…