¶ 1. Torris Gates has appealed his conviction for burglary on the sole ground that the trial court erred in permitting the State to exercise a number of its peremptory strikes to remove African American venire members as potential jurors when those strikes were being exercised for the sole purpose of affecting the racial makeup of the jury in violation of Batson v. Kentucky,
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GATES v. STATE
No. 2000-KA-00123-COA.
789 So.2d 117 (2001)
Torris GATES, Appellant v. STATE of Mississippi, Appellee.
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June 26, 2001.
June 26, 2001.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
David O. Bell, Attorney for Appellant.
Office of the Attorney General by Charles W. Maris Jr., Jackson, Attorney for Appellee.
Before McMILLIN, C.J., IRVING, and CHANDLER, JJ.
Court of Appeals of Mississippi.
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