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STATE v. AMERSON

No. 27989.

259 S.W.3d 91 (2008)

STATE of Missouri, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. Antonio AMERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Division One.

Motion for Rehearing or Transfer to Supreme Court Denied May 29, 2008.

Application for Transfer Denied August 26, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferderick J. Ernst, Asst. Appellate Defender, Kansas City, MO, for appellant.

Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen. Daniel N. McPherson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO for respondent.

JEFFREY W. BATES, Judge.

Antonio Amerson (Defendant) contends the trial court erred in permitting the State to waive its final peremptory challenge so as to exclude Charles Jones (Jones), an African-American vernireperson, from the jury. Defendant argues that, for the reasons articulated in Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986), the State's action violated the rights of Jones and Defendant to equal...

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