Mayo v. State

Donald L. CORBIN, Justice.

Appellant, Troy Lee Mayo, appeals the order of the Monroe County Circuit Court sentencing him to forty years’ imprisonment, following a jury’s verdict of guilty on the charges of rape, robbery, and first-degree battery. Jurisdiction of this appeal is properly in this court pursuant to Ark. Sup. Ct. R. l-2(a)(2).

Appellant raises two points for reversal of the judgment and sentence: First, that a criminal defendant is not required under the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution to follow the ruling of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), in…