Jones v. State

859 N.E.2d 1219 (2007)

Cletus JONES, Appellant-Defendant,

v.

STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff.

No. 49A02-0512-CR-1196.

Court of Appeals of Indiana.

January 17, 2007.

Katherine A. Cornelius, Indianapolis, IN, Attorney for Appellant.

Steve Carter, Attorney General of Indiana, Ellen H. Meilaender, Deputy Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, Attorneys for Appellee.

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Judge.

Cletus Jones appeals his conviction for robbery, a class C felony.[1] Jones raises two issues, which we restate as:

I. Whether the trial court properly denied Jones's challenge based on Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79,…