Court of Appeals of Georgia September 18, 2002, A02A1539 (Harrison v. State)

Andrews, Presiding Judge.

Darrien Cortez Harrison was found guilty by a jury of aggravated assault. He appeals claiming the trial court erred by seating three jurors whom he had struck from the jury panel by use of peremptory jury strikes. Specifically, Harrison claims the trial court erred by granting the State’s challenge to the strikes brought pursuant to Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U. S.