Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama January 13, 1995, CR-93-0750 (Bishop v. State)

MONTIEL, Judge.

The appellant, Christopher Bishop, was indicted for murder in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975. A jury found Bishop guilty of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. The trial court sentenced Bishop to 16 years in prison.

Bishop claims that the trial court violated Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712, 90 L.Ed.