State v. Sutherland

PRICE, Judge.

Roy Sutherland appeals his conviction of one count of robbery and one count of armed criminal action. Sutherland alleges that the trial court erred in: (1) allowing a prison visitor card into evidence over his hearsay objection; (2) overruling his Batson challenge to the prosecution’s peremptory strikes; and (3) overruling his Rule 29.15 motion and his claim of ineffective assistance of counsel. Because we find that the trial court did not err in regard to any of these points, the judgments are affirmed.

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On the morning of July 1, 1993, at around 12:30 a.m., the hotel clerk at a…