State v. Hicks

BURNETT, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murder, kidnaping, armed robbery, and possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a violent crime. He was sentenced to death for murder, plus thirty years for kidnaping, twenty-five years for armed robbery, and five years for possession of a firearm or knife during the commission of a violent crime.

ISSUES

I. Did the trial judge err in determining appellant used two of his peremptory strikes in a racially discriminatory *210manner in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), and Georgia v. McCollum,…