Howard v. State

DOUG MARTIN, Judge.

| jAppellant Sheva Howard was charged by information with one count of Class C felony theft of property.1 Howard was tried by a Pulaski County jury and convicted of theft of property; she was sentenced to five years’ supervised probation, a term of sixty days in the Pulaski County jail, a $5000 fine, and 200 hours of community service. On appeal, she raises four arguments: 1) there was insufficient evidence to support her conviction; 2) the State’s use of peremptory challenges to exclude black members of the venire violated Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712,…