DOUGLAS v. STATE

No. 71A03-9309-CR-294.

636 N.E.2d 197 (1994)

Valentino DOUGLAS, Appellant-Defendant below, v. STATE of Indiana, Appellee-Plaintiff below.

Court of Appeals of Indiana, Third District.

June 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Hays, Appointed Counsel, South Bend, for appellant.

Pamela Carter, Atty. Gen., Suzann Weber Lupton, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


STATON, Judge.

Valentino Douglas appeals his conviction of robbery, a class B felony.1 He presents for this court's review a single issue: whether the State violated Douglas' right to equal protection of the law by exercising a peremptory challenge to a member of Douglas' race.

We affirm.

Douglas, an African-American, was charged with robbery while armed with a deadly weapon. During voir dire, the State exercised a peremptory...

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