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BENNETT v. STATE

CR-91-1592.

623 So.2d 427 (1993)

Otto BENNETT v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grady Lanier III, Andalusia, for appellant.

James H. Evans, Atty. Gen., and Stephen Dodd, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

MONTIEL, Judge.

The appellant, Otto Bennett, was found guilty by a jury of violating § 13A-11-72, Code of Alabama 1975, and was sentenced to three years' imprisonment.

The only issue raised in this appeal is whether the State's striking of two black prospective jurors from the jury venire violated Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). Batson forbids the prosecutor from challenging...

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