State v. Dunn

CRANE, Chief Judge.

Defendant Christopher Dunn was convicted and sentenced on charges of first degree murder, two counts of first degree assault, and three counts of armed criminal action. At trial the state used its six peremptory strikes to strike one of two African-American venirepersons and five white venirepersons. The defense made a Batson1 motion which the trial court overruled without requesting the state to give reasons for its strike.

Defendant appealed from the trial court’s judgment and from the motion court’s denial of his 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief. Pursuant to State…