Jackson v. State

Ruffin, Judge.

Daryl Jackson appeals his conviction of burglary, asserting as error the trial court’s denial of his motion challenging the State’s use of its peremptory strikes. Because the trial court’s decision was not clearly erroneous, we affirm.

The record shows that during jury selection, Jackson objected to the State’s use of peremptory challenges to strike six women from the jury, five of whom were African American. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S. 79 (106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69) (1986), which prohibits peremptory strikes exercised solely on the basis of race, and J. E. B. v. Alabama, _…