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Jackson v. State

The defendant failed to show that the state acted with discriminatory intent in peremptorily striking a juror, where the state explained that it struck the juror because he was combative and reluctant to answer the state's questions.

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Appellant Rodger Jackson, Jr., was convicted of felony murder and other related offenses in connection with the shooting death of Joshua “Caleb” Burroughs.1 On appeal, Jackson claims that the trial court erred in denying his Batson challenge to the State’s peremptory strikes during jury selection and violated his Fourteenth Amendment Equal Protection rights relating to jury selection. Finding no error, we affirm. 1. Viewed in a light most favorable to the verdict, the evidence shows that Jackson, a member of a street gang known as the “Get Money Click,” and some of his fellow gang members drove up to a group of teenagers congregating in the front yard of a house. Looking to start a fight, Jackson and the members of the street gang exited their cars and walked toward the group in the front yard. According to witnesses, the gang members were yelling and throwing up gang signs.

Around the same time, Burroughs, the victim, was seen walking up the street. In the midst of the yelling, Jackson pulled out a gun and shot twice into the air, before lowering his weapon and firing it once into the crowd. Burroughs, who was unarmed, was shot in the abdomen, and died a short time later. Jackson, who fled the scene, was the only person who fired a weapon. He was identified to police as the shooter by witnesses who knew him by name.

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