Adams v. State

CATHELL, Judge.

Troy Tyrone Adams, the appellant, was convicted by a jury of common law robbery, common law assault and battery, and theft of property worth less than $300. The trial judge merged the theft conviction into the robbery conviction, and sentenced Adams to concurrent sentences of ten years for robbery and three years for assault and battery. The ten year sentence was subsequently reduced to seven years. Adams raises three issues on this appeal:

I. Did the lower court err by allowing the State to use a peremptory challenge in a racially discriminatory manner?

II. Was the evidence…