Smith v. State

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. A jury in the Hinds County Circuit Court found Antonio Smith guilty of armed robbery. On appeal, Smith argues: (1) the State impermissibly referenced his post-Miranda silence; (2) the trial court erroneously admitted evidence of drugs found in his vehicle; (3) the State violated Batson in exercising its peremptory strikes; and (4) the trial court erred in denying his proposed misidentification instruction. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. On April 30, 2006, an armed robbery occurred at a Jackson, Mississippi gas station. The gunman approached the…