Carroll v. State

The appellant, Douglas Carroll, was convicted of robbery in the first degree, a violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama, 1975. Pursuant to the Habitual Felony Offender Act, he was sentenced to 25 years in the state penitentiary.

I

The appellant argues that the circuit court erred in denying his Batson motion. Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79,106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Batson held that black veniremembers could not be struck from a black defendant's jury solely because of their race. 476 U.S. at 89,106 S.Ct. at 1719. In Powers v. Ohio, 499 U.S. 400, 111 S.Ct. 1364,113 L.Ed.2d 411…