Duffie v. State

BLACKBURN, Presiding Judge.

Following a jury trial, Quincy Deon Duffie was convicted of a single count of selling cocaine.1 Duffie now appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for a new trial, arguing that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. Duffie further asserts that the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence and in permitting the State to strike the only two potential jurors who were black. Discerning no error, we affirm.

Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, Drammeh v. State,2 the evidence shows that on the afternoon of April 12, 2007,…