Davis v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Vince Edward Davis was convicted of receiving stolen property and was sentenced to life imprisonment as a habitual felony offender. He raises three issues on this appeal from that conviction.

I

The trial court properly overruled the appellant’s Batson objection without requiring the prosecution to explain its peremptory strikes. See Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986).

Five members (approximately 17%) of the 30-member jury venire were black. The prosecution used three of its nine peremptory strikes to remove blacks. Two members…