STATE v. GIVENS

No. 2004-KA-0765.

888 So.2d 329 (2004)

STATE of Louisiana v. Eddie GIVENS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eddie J. Jordan, Jr., District Attorney, Claire Devidas, Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellee.

Clive Stafford Smith, Christine Lehmann, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant.

(Court Composed of Judge PATRICIA RIVET MURRAY, Judge TERRI F. LOVE, and Judge MAX N. TOBIAS, JR.).


MAX N. TOBIAS, JR., Judge.

The defendant, Eddie Givens ("Givens"), appeals the trial judge's finding that the district attorney provided gender-neutral reasons for striking male jurors at an evidentiary hearing.

On 30 May 1997, Eddie Givens was convicted by a twelve-person jury of two counts of aggravated rape, one count of aggravated burglary, one count of armed robbery, one count of simple burglary, and one count of attempted simple burglary. He was sentenced...

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