Robert Anthony Clayton v. State

DOYLE, Chief Judge.

Duvalle Rene Minor and Robert Anthony Clayton were jointly indicted, tried, and convicted of armed robbery and criminal attempt to commit armed robbery Following the denial of their motions for a new trial, they appealed their convictions to this Court, and in a consolidated opinion in Minor v. State (“Minor I”),1 the Court affirmed the judgments of conviction but remanded the cases for a new hearing to determine whether the State violated Batson v. Kentucky2 when it peremptorily struck Juror No. 31 from the venire.3 On remand, the trial court held a hearing and found that…