State v. Lara

OPINION

APODACA, Judge.

Defendant appeals his jury conviction for aggravated battery under one count of an indictment. He was acquitted under another count of aggravated battery and under one count of aggravated assault. He raises seven issues on appeal: (1) improper exercise of prosecutor’s peremptory challenges in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986); (2) illegality of warrantless arrest and the subsequent search of defendant’s home and erroneous denial of motion to suppress the resulting statements and evidence; (3) erroneous refusal of jury…