McPherson v. State

McMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant was charged with murder and was convicted of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. She was sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary, and the sentence was split so that she would serve three years in prison and the balance of the sentence was suspended.

The appellant argues that the trial court erred in failing to grant her motion to exclude the jury, based on the prosecutor’s allegedly discriminatory striking of the jury, in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). The record indicates that defense counsel…