State v. Carnes

SIMON, Judge.

Antwon Carnes (defendant) appeals fi’om his sentence of five years imprisonment following a jury’s verdict finding him guilty of carrying a concealed weapon.

*595On appeal, defendant contends the trial court erred in: (1) denying his motion to strike juror Murphy for cause based upon her statements that police start off with extra credibility when they take the stand compared to non-police witnesses; (2) denying his objection when the state used five of its six peremptory strikes on black jurors because the state gave a pretextual reason in that the jurors lacked a stake in the court…