Legal Opinion
Pruitt v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Decided July 24, 2008No. 2007-KA-00499-SCTPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ON MOTION FOR REHEARING
¶ 1. The appellant's motion for rehearing is denied. The previous opinions are withdrawn and these opinions are substituted therefor.
¶ 2. Joe Solomon Pruitt appeals from his conviction on a charge of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Monroe County, Mississippi, alleging a Batson violation in the selection of the jury. Batson v. Kentucky,476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Finding the trial court correctly found no purposeful discrimination, we affirm.
FACTS
¶ 3. Loomis Fargo fired Alonzo Jones from employment as a delivery driver. Jones recruited his…
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