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STATE v. CELESTINE

No. 2012-KA-1541.

131 So.3d 947 (2013)

STATE of Louisiana v. Delbert CELESTINE.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

December 18, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon A. Cannizzaro, Jr. , District Attorney, J. Bryant Clark, Jr. , Assistant District Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Appellee, State of Louisiana.

Mary Constance Hanes , Louisiana Appellate Project, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellant, Delbert Celestine.

(Court composed of Judge TERRI F. LOVE, Judge DANIEL L. DYSART, Judge SANDRA CABRINA JENKINS).

TERRI F. LOVE, Judge.

This appeal arises from the convictions and sentence of the defendant for one count of attempted possession of a firearm by a felon and one count of attempted simple escape. The defendant asserts that the trial court erred by denying a Batson challenge and in allowing alleged improper statements during closing and rebuttal arguments. We find that the trial court did not err in finding the State's race-neutral reasoning for striking the...

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