Case Name: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Jermaine B. DAVIS, Appellant
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1998-06-16
Citations: 968 S.W.2d 272
Docket Number: Nos. WD 51851, WD 53916
Parties: STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Jermaine B. DAVIS, Appellant.
Judges: Before BRECKENRIDGE, P.J., and LOWENSTEIN and SPINDEN, JJ.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 968
Pages: 272–273

Head Matter:
STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Jermaine B. DAVIS, Appellant.
Nos. WD 51851, WD 53916.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Western District.
June 16, 1998.
Rosemary E. Percival, Asst. Public Defender, Kansas City, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Daniel W. Follett, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.
Before BRECKENRIDGE, P.J., and LOWENSTEIN and SPINDEN, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Jermaine Davis appeals from his convictions of one count of murder in the first degree in violation of § 565.020, RSMo 1994, and one count of armed criminal action in violation of § 571.015, RSMo 1994. Mr. Davis contends that the trial court erred by overruling his objection to the State's closing argument because the prosecutor improperly argued matters outside the evidence. Mr. Davis also claims that the trial court erred by overruling his Batson objections to the State's use of peremptory strikes to remove two venirepersons because Mr. Davis made a prima facie case of racially discriminatory exercise of peremptory challenges and the State offered only a pretextual explanation for the challenges. In addition, Mr. Davis appeals from the motion court's denial of his Rule 29.15 motion for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing.
The judgments of the trial court and motion court are affirmed. Rules 30.25(b) and 84.16(b).
. Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.2d 69 (1986).