Riggins v. State

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

On this appeal from convictions for possession with intent to sell cocaine, resisting an officer with violence, battery on a law enforcement officer, escape and petit theft, the only points raised concern jury selection. We affirm.

The defendant’s first contention concerns two jurors as to whom state peremptory challenges were upheld by the trial court after a Batson-Neil objection. The state’s proffered race-neutral reason *939was that the jurors had raised their hands when the panel was asked whether anyone was in favor of legalizing marijuana. The defendant does not…