Supreme Court of Missouri December 20, 2011, No. SC 91849 (State v. Letica)

ZEL M. FISCHER, Judge.

Ines Letica was tried and found guilty by a jury of one count of first degree assault and one count of armed criminal action. The State made a reverse-Batson1 challenge alleging that a venireperson was struck with a peremptory challenge on the basis of gender, race or ethnic origin.