State v. Jones

Dennis Jones appeals from a judgment entered after a jury convicted him of one count of armed robbery, party to a crime, contrary to §§ 943.32(l)(b) & (2) and 939.05, Stats. Relying on the decision of the United States Supreme Court in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), Jones claims he was denied his constitutional right to equal protection of law 2 when the State exercised three peremptory challenges to strike minority jurors from the panel. Because Jones failed to timely object to the State's striking of the minority jurors, he has waived his right to raise this issue, and we affirm.

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