State v. Dyar

Chandler, Justice:

*78Tafford Lee Dyar was convicted of murder, first-degree criminal sexual conduct and grand larceny and was consecutively sentenced to life, 30 years and 10 years, respectively.

We affirm.

During jury selection, the State exercised peremptory challenges against four black jurors and one white. Pursuant to Dyar’s Batson1 motion, the Solicitor explained his strike of juror number 242, Jeffrey Scott, a black male, as follows:

We struck him because he had recently been prosecuted by my office. He had been arrested as you remember him testifying for malicious destruction of personal or…