State v. Hampton

SMITH, Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of two counts of robbery in the first degree and one count of carrying a concealed weapon. On sentencing under the second offender act, defendant received sentences of 25 years for each robbery and 5 years for the weapons charge, all to run concurrently. We affirm.

Defendant’s first point is that the trial court erred in not dismissing the jury panel after the prosecutor used all ten peremptory challenges to excuse black veniremen. The jury selected to try defendant, a black, was composed of six blacks and six whites. Aside from the obvious…