Bryant v. State

BARNES, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted Allen Drew Bryant of aggravated assault, criminal damage to property in the second degree, and battery. On appeal from the denial of his motion for a new trial, Bryant attacks the sufficiency of the evidence and contends that the trial court erred in denying his challenge to the State’s use of its peremptory strikes against prospective African-American jurors. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

1. Bryant maintains that there was insufficient evidence to convict him of the charged offenses. We disagree.

When reviewing a challenge to the…