Harvey v. State

BAKER, Judge.

Today, we consider what factors must exist to require the striking of an all white jury venire when the defendant is black. Appellant-defendant Donovan Harvey appeals the trial court's refusal to empanel a new jury venire and its exclusion of alibi evidence. He seeks a new trial on his conviction for Dealing in Cocaine, a Class B felony.2 We affirm.

FACTS

On April 8, 1992, Muncie Police Officer Mark Craig participating in an undercover drug operation bought rock cocaine from Harvey. The police secretly observed and recorded the transaction. Two of the police officers involved in…