State v. Hatchett
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of first-degree burglary and obstructing a law enforcement officer. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) obstructing law enforcement is an appropriate predicate offense to support a charge of first-degree burglary; (2) the trial court did not err by allowing the State to exercise a peremptory strike, where Defendant failed to prove that the State’s use of its peremptory strike was racially motivated; and (3) the trial court did not abuse its discretion by excluding a letter written by Defendant to the victims of the burglary as hearsay evidence.
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