LINSEY v. COM.

Record No. 1457-91-1.

435 S.E.2d 153 (1993)

Samuel Mitchell LINSEY v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia.

September 14, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. MacDonald, Chesapeake (Grissom & MacDonald, P.C., on brief), for appellant.

Margaret Ann B. Walker, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mary Sue Terry, Atty. Gen., on brief), for appellee.

Present: BAKER, KOONTZ, and WILLIS, JJ.


KOONTZ, Judge.

In a jury trial, Samuel Mitchell Linsey (Linsey), an African-American defendant, was convicted of burglary, grand larceny, and assault and battery. This appeal concerns the prosecutor's exercise of a peremptory challenge to remove the only African-American venireman from the jury panel. Linsey contends that the trial court erred in ruling that he failed to establish a prima facie case of purposeful discrimination under Batson v. Kentucky,...

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