JAMES H. FAULKNER, Retired Justice.
James Earl Square was indicted for robbery in the first degree, in violation of § 13A-8-41, Code of Alabama 1975. The jury found Square guilty as charged in the indictment, and he was sentenced to 20 years in the penitentiary.
The sole issue raised on appeal is whether the trial court erred in allowing the prosecutor to strike two blacks from the jury venire, in violation of Batson v. Kentucky,
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