Brown v. Georgia
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Thomas Antonio Brown was tried by a jury and convicted of the murder of Bon Joshwa Albright, as well as on four counts of aggravated assault and five counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. Following the denial of his motion for new trial, Brown appealed, contending that the evidence was insufficient to sustain his convictions, that the court below erred when it denied his "Batson" objection to the way in which the State exercised its peremptory strikes in the selection of the jury, and that the court erred when it sustained an objection to the closing argument offered by his lawyer. Upon its review of the briefs and the record, the Supreme Court found no error, and affirmed.
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