State of Tennessee v. Roosevelt Pitts, III

Syllabus

In this delayed appeal, the Defendant-Appellant, Roosevelt Pitts, III, challenges his Rutherford County jury convictions of robbery, three counts of felony reckless endangerment, misdemeanor leaving the scene of an accident, and felony vandalism, for which he received an effective sentence of eighteen years in prison. The Defendant argues that the trial court erred in rejecting his challenge to two peremptory challenges based on Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 (1986), and that the State engaged in prosecutorial misconduct during closing arguments. Upon our review, we affirm.