State v. Fears

ORDER

Defendant appeals the judgment entered upon his conviction of one count of murder in the first degree, two counts of armed criminal action, and one count of robbery in the first degree, in violation of §§ 565.020, 571.015, 569.020, RSMo 1994, respectively. Defendant was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without parole on the murder count and three consecutive terms of life imprisonment on the remaining counts. On appeal, Defendant claims the trial court erred in: (1) overruling his challenge of the State’s peremptory strikes pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct.…