STEVENS v. COMMONWEALTH

Record No. 1926-17-1.

826 S.E.2d 895 (2019)

70 Va. App. 280

John Paris STEVENS v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Norfolk.

MAY 7, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Barry McCracken , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Rosemary V. Bourne , Senior Assistant Attorney General (Mark R. Herring, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: Chief Judge Decker, Judge Alston and Senior Judge Frank.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROSSIE D. ALSTON, JR.

John Paris Stevens ("appellant") appeals his convictions for robbery, burglary of a bank while armed, and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, asserting that the Circuit Court of the City of Norfolk ("trial court") erred by sustaining the Commonwealth's "reverse-Batson challenge" (hereinafter "McCollum challenge") to one of his peremptory strikes. For the...

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