Coker v. State

McMurray, Presiding Judge.

Defendant Coker appeals his conviction of the offenses of armed robbery and possession of a firearm during commission of a crime. Held:

1. Defendant enumerates as error the trial court’s refusal to grant his motion brought pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69). Defendant contends that the State improperly used its peremptory strikes to exclude blacks from the jury. “The defendant has the burden to complete the record to establish a prima facie case with information revealing ‘the racial composition of the panel from which the jury was…