STATE v. LUCAS

No. 1 CA-CR 99-0567.

18 P.3d 160 (2001)

199 Ariz. 366

STATE of Arizona, Appellee, v. DeAndre Lavar LUCAS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Arizona, Division 1, Department B.

February 13, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet A. Napolitano, Attorney General by Randall M. Howe, Chief Counsel, Criminal Appeals Section and Consuelo M. Ohanesian, Assistant Attorney General and James P. Beene, Assistant Attorney General, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellee.

Maricopa County Public Defender by Garrett W. Simpson, Deputy Public Defender, Phoenix, Attorneys for Appellant.


OPINION

GARBARINO, Judge.

¶ 1 The defendant, DeAndre Lavar Lucas, appeals his convictions for attempted sexual assault, sexual abuse of a child under the age of fifteen, and kidnapping. The defendant contends that the trial court erred when, despite defense counsel's Batson1 objection, it permitted the prosecutor to peremptorily strike the only African American panel member based on the pretext that he was a "southern...

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