Bosquet v. State

Judith Rogers, Judge.

The appellant, Mary Bousquet, was convicted in a jury trial of two counts of delivering a controlled substance (cocaine), for which she was sentenced to consecutive terms of fifteen years in prison.1 She contends on appeal that the trial court erred in allowing the State to exercise its peremptory challenges to exclude black persons in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986). We find no merit in her argument and affirm.

As an initial matter, we note that the “venerable practice” of peremptory challenges is designed to promote the goal of fairness injury trials.…