Camper v. State

ROBERTS, J.,

for the Court.

¶ 1. Andretti Camper was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Simpson County of aggravated assault and sentenced by the trial court to serve a term of eight years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The trial court denied Camper’s motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, for a new trial. Camper now appeals and raises the following issues:

I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN ACCEPTING THE STATE’S RACE-NEUTRAL REASONS FOR THE PEREMPTORY STRIKES OF THREE AFRICAN AMERICAN PROSPECTIVE JURORS FOLLOWING…