Legal Opinion
Currin v. State
Indiana Court of Appeals
Decided August 24, 1994No. 45A05-9308-CR-293PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1321RUCKER, Judge.
Donnell Currin Jr. appeals his conviction for Robbery, as a Class A Felony1 He raises two issues for our review which we rephrase as: 1) whether the trial court erred in refusing to allow Currin to peremptorily challenge the sole black prospective juror and, 2) whether the trial court erred by refusing to allow Currin to impeach a State's witness with the witness's prior conviction for aiding and abetting a battery.
We affirm.
The essential facts are these. In the evening hours of August 28, 1992, Currin entered the home of Francine Nelson, beat her severely, and left with her VCR…
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