STATE v. GUESS

No. 2332.

457 S.E.2d 6 (1995)

The STATE, Respondent, v. Terrance GUESS and Larry Jeffcoat, Appellants.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided April 3, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, and Asst. Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, both of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellants.

Attorney General T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, and Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Columbia; and Sol. Walter M. Bailey, Jr., Summerville, for respondent.


HOWARD, Justice:

Terrance Guess and Larry Jeffcoat appeal their convictions for distribution of crack cocaine and distribution within one-half mile of a school, asserting trial error in the denial of their motion to dismiss the jury for racially discriminatory use by the State of its peremptory strikes in violation of Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986). We affirm.

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