David v. State

BASCHAB, Judge.

The appellant, Patrick O’Neal David, was convicted of two counts of second-degree criminal possession of a forged instrument, a violation of § 13A-9-6, Ala. Code 1975. Pursuant to the Alabama Habitual Felony Offender Act, § 13A-5-9, Ala.Code 1975, the trial court sentenced him to concurrent terms of 20 years and one day. This appeal followed.

The appellant argues that the trial court erred in denying his motion pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), because the prosecution used six of its peremptory challenges to remove blacks from the…