Wright v. State

Beasley, Judge.

Curtis Wright was convicted of armed robbery, OCGA § 16-8-41, and sentenced to life in prison. He claims two errors.

1. The first is that Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69) (1986) was not complied with so that his Sixth Amendment right to a fair and impartial jury was violated. He does not challenge the procedure under any state law or state constitu tional provision, so we deal only with the federal constitutional claim. See Powell v. State, 182 Ga. App. 123, 124 (355 SE2d 72) (1987).

After the jury was selected but before it was sworn, defendant, a black…