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Veasey v. State

The Court has previously upheld Batson challenge denials when, as in this case, the stated reasons involved information the state gathered through off-the-record discussions with law enforcement.

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Following a trial by jury, James Veasey was convicted of one count of robbery, two counts of fleeing and attempting to elude police, and various traffic offenses. Veasey challenges these convictions on appeal, arguing that the evidence against him was insufficient, that the trial court erred in denying a Batson challenge during voir dire, and that his trial counsel was ineffective. For the reasons noted infra , we affirm Veasey’s convictions. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict,1 the record shows that the victim, a 67-year-old woman, was grocery shopping late one afternoon when she noticed Veasey following her down various aisles. Although she was uncomfortable with Veasey’s behavior, the victim ignored her intuition and continued shopping, eventually checking out and heading to the parking lot. As she began to load the groceries into her vehicle, the victim noticed a white car pull up alongside her, and she recognized the driver as the man who had followed her inside the store.

After greeting the man and asking if she could help him, Veasey exited the vehicle and came toward the victim. At this point, the victim realized she was about to be robbed, and a struggle then ensued over the victim’s purse until the straps broke and the victim fell hard to the ground.2 As Veasey returned to his car and fled, the victim repeated the numbers on the vehicle’s temporary tag and gave the information to a bystander who had stopped to offer assistance. The bystander then called 911 and relayed a description of the assailant as being a heavyset African American man wearing jeans, a blue shirt, and a cap; the vehicle’s tag number; and a description of the getaway car as a white, later-model Ford Crown Victoria.

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