STATE v. WATTS

No. 2416.

465 S.E.2d 359 (1995)

The STATE, Respondent, v. Kyle D. WATTS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed November 13, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellant Defender Robert M. Pachak, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, Columbia; and Solicitor W. Townes Jones, IV, Greenwood, for respondent.


PER CURIAM:

Kyle D. Watts appeals his conviction for distribution of crack cocaine. First, he contends the trial court erred in denying his motion to strike the jury under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986) because the State failed to give racially neutral reasons for striking two black jurors. Second, he claims the court erred in refusing to grant a mistrial after the prosecution twice asked...

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