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399 S.W.3d 516

State v. Johnson

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided May 28, 2013

Missouri Court of Appeals · decided 2013-05-28

Decided 2013-05-28

¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM:

¶2Jerrim Johnson appeals from the trial court’s judgment convicting him of murder in the second degree and armed criminal action after a jury trial. Johnson contends that the trial court (1) erred in overruling his Batson objection to the State’s peremptory strike of an African-American venireperson because the explanation given was a pretext for a race-based strike; and (2) plainly erred in permitting the State to present testimony from Detective Ray Lenoir and Vincent Lange that Johnson was hiding in a basement cabinet when the police arrived at his home to arrest him because the evidence was not logically relevant and its probative value was outweighed by its prejudicial value. We affirm. Rule 30.25(b).

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