Jones v. State

The appellant, Oliver Jones, Jr., was convicted of five felony offenses: three instances of bribery, for which he was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment in each case; trafficking in cocaine, for which he was fined $50,000 and was sentenced to life imprisonment; and the unlawful distribution of cocaine, for which he was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. This is a direct appeal from those convictions.

I

The appellant, who is black, argues that the prosecutor was guilty of racial discrimination in the use of his peremptory strikes in selecting the jury in violation of Batson v.Kentucky, 476…