Ford v. State

OPINION

A jury convicted appellant Terrence Gerrard Ford of one count of conspiracy to commit robbery and one count of robbery with the use of a deadly weapon. During jury selection at Ford’s trial, the State used peremptory challenges to exclude three African-American prospective jurors from the jury. Ford objected to their exclusion under Batson v. Kentucky, 1 arguing that the State exercised its peremptory challenges based on race. The district court disagreed and overruled Ford’s objection. On appeal, among other issues, Ford assigns error to the district court’s ruling on his Batson…