State v. Kalter

STEPHEN N. LIMBAUGH, Jr., Special Judge.

Appellant, David Kalter, was convicted of forcible rape, § 566.0301 and two counts of forcible sodomy, § 566.060. The trial court, following the jury’s recommendation, sentenced Kalter to 45 years, five years, and life imprisonment to be served consecutively. Kalter’s two complaints are (1) that the State used its peremptory strikes to exclude blacks from the jury contrary to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), and (2) that the trial court erred by failing to grant a mistrial because of the prosecutor’s improper…