BRANCH v. STATE

6 Div. 93.

526 So.2d 605 (1986)

Preston BRANCH v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied December 30, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Dan Turberville, Birmingham, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Robert B. Rinehart, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PATTERSON, Judge.

The appellant, Preston Branch, was indicted and convicted for the offense of murder, as proscribed by § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. He was subsequently sentenced to imprisonment for life.

As his sole issue, Branch who is black contends that the trial court denied his motion for mistrial or for new trial on the assertion that the prosecutors' use of their peremptory strikes to remove members of his racial group from serving on the...

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