Johnson v. State

The appellant was convicted of capital murder for the offense of murder committed during a robbery in the first degree. See § 13A-5-40(a)(2), Code of Alabama 1975. Following a sentencing hearing, the jury returned an advisory verdict of life imprisonment without parole. Thereafter, following a separate sentencing hearing in front of the trial court, the appellant was sentenced to life in the penitentiary without the possibility of parole.

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The appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying his objections to the prosecutor's strikes of black venire-members, in violation of Batson v.…