Blue v. State

825 So.2d 709 (2002)

Earl BLUE a/k/a "Pig", Appellant,

v.

STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.

No. 2001-KA-00395-COA.

Court of Appeals of Mississippi.

September 3, 2002.

Leland H. Jones, III, Greenwood, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by Deirdre McCrory, attorney for appellee.

Before McMILLIN, C.J., MYERS, and CHANDLER, JJ.

McMILLIN, C.J., for the court.

¶ 1. Earl Blue has appealed his conviction of armed robbery by a Leflore County Circuit Court jury. Blue argues in this appeal that the trial court erred when it did not require the State to provide race-neutral reasons for two of its…