State v. Murray

LISA S. VAN AMBURG, Presiding Judge.

INTRODUCTION

Kevin Murray (“Defendant”) appeals from the trial court’s judgment entered upon a jury verdict convicting him of one count of robbery in the first degree and one count of armed criminal action. Defendant argues that the trial court erred by: (1) admitting into evidence the victim’s identification; (2) denying his Batson1 challenge to the State’s peremptory strikes of three African-American venirepersons; and (3) overruling his objections to the submission of jury instructions. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On February 2, 2011, just…