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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