People v. Campbell

PRESIDING JUSTICE GREIMAN

delivered the opinion of the court:

Defendants Jerry Bogan and John Campbell were convicted by a jury of the robbery of Arthur Abrams and were sentenced to prison for 14 years and 6 years, respectively. On appeal, defendants contend that the trial court erred in finding that the State had offered sufficient race-neutral explanations for its exercise of peremptory challenges in excluding African-Americans from the jury.

We affirm the convictions.

During voir dire, the trial court questioned 19 prospective jurors before defendants joined in a motion based upon the United…