Jones v. State

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, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 1719, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986); and

II. Whether the evidence is sufficient to sustain Jones's conviction for robbery.

We affirm.

The relevant facts follow. On June 1, 2004, Jones entered the National City Bank where Diamond Garner and Tina Wright worked. Garner and Wright both saw Jones and heard his voice. On June 4, 2004, Jones returned to the…