State v. Guthmiller
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of eight counts of making false or fraudulent sales tax returns. On appeal, Defendant argued that the circuit court erred in (1) denying his Batson challenges to three peremptory strikes exercised by the State because the court’s Batson analysis was incomplete; and (2) denying his motion for judgment of acquittal. The Supreme Court (1) held that because the Court was unable to determine under the record the circuit court’s reason for denying the Batson challenges, limited remand was required to allow the circuit court to engage in the missing analysis; and (2) affirmed the denial of Defendant’s motion for judgment of acquittal, as the evidence was sufficient to sustain the convictions.
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