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Williams v. State, 253 Ga.App. 453, 559 S.E.2d 512 (January 25, 2002). Acceptable race-neutral reasons for strikes where: Prospective juror gave a long, rambling answer to the question of whether he had been in court before. Hood v. State, 245 Ga.App. 391, 537 S.E.2d 788 (July 28, 2000). Armed robbery conviction affirmed; no Batson violation by State: “in making the initial selection of the jurors to try a case, the inattentiveness of an apparently sleeping prospective juror is certainly a case-related, race-neutral reason for exercising a peremptory challenge. Trice v. State, 266 Ga. 102, 103(2), 464 S.E.2d 205 (1995). Pickren v. State , 272 Ga. 421, 530 S.E.2d 464 (May 30, 2000). Malice murder and related convictions affirmed. 1. State’s jury strike was gender neutral: juror “was struck because she was overcome by her emotions during voir dire and [prosecutor] believed this was a sign she would not be able to withstand the rigors of what was to be a very emotional trial.” 2. Second juror ““had laughed at inappropriate moments during the proceedings, leading the district attorney to believe she was not taking the matter seriously.” York v. State, 242 Ga.App. 281, 528 S.E.2d 823 (January 21, 2000). Convictions of some co-defendants for armed robbery and related offenses, and of armed robbery victims at same trial for cocaine trafficking, affirmed; no Batson violation where prosecutor struck juror who was repeatedly late to court. Middlebrooks v. State, 241 Ga.App. 193, 526 S.E.2d 406 (December 1, 1999). Defendant’s conviction for motor vehicle hijacking affirmed; strike based on juror’s “clipped and cold” voir dire responses was race-neutral. Redding v. State, 239 Ga.App. 718, 521 S.E.2d 840 (August 27, 1999). Convictions for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and related offense, affirmed. “[T]he State's attorney's explanations for excluding the prospective juror in question – perceived hostility, impatience and inattentiveness – have been found to be a fair basis for exercising a peremptory strike.” Accord, Duffie v. State , 301 Ga.App. 607, 688 S.E.2d 389 (December 14, 2009) (juror “seemed overly friendly towards Duffie but ignored the prosecutor.”); Bell v. State , 306 Ga.App. 853, 703 S.E.2d 680 (October 26, 2010); Stacey v. State , 292 Ga. 838, 741 S.E.2d 881 (April 29, 2013) (strike was race-neutral where juror “was very defensive and ‘almost hostile’ with the prosecutors.”). Hinson v. State, 237 Ga.App. 366, 515 S.E.2d 203 (March 30, 1999). Cocaine trafficking and related convictions reversed on other grounds. Trial court properly re-seated juror struck because of “‘bad body language with him [, plus] his age and experience or lack of experience.’ The trial court noted that other jurors who were similar in age and experience were accepted.” Juror was a white male student; defense counsel used 11 of 12 strikes to remove white jurors. 10. STRIKES BASED ON EDUCATION LEVEL/INTELLIGENCE Richardson v. State, 328 Ga.App. 519, 759 S.E.2d 630 (June 26, 2014). Child molestation and related convictions affirmed; State’s strike was race-neutral where prosecutor was “not sure how much education [juror] has.” Juror also was nervous and trembled. Henley v. State, 285 Ga. 500, 678 S.E.2d 884 (June 8, 2009). No Batson violation: Juror “appeared to be nodding off or even sleeping during parts of voir dire, was not well educated , restricted her reading material to a single book, the Bible, and seemed to lack a broad sense of what was going on in society.” Mayes v. State, 279 Ga.App. 499, 631 S.E.2d 724 (May 19, 2006). Reasons for excusal were all race-neutral: “The prosecutor explained that he struck juror 15 because she was quite young, she had no world experience, he had no rapport with her, and she worked as a police cadet. The prosecutor struck juror 26 because he was an extremely young, recent high school graduate, with no job. The prosecutor further explained that he could not establish a rapport with this juror and that the juror had no life experience to give him ‘a framework in which to fit a crime of this magnitude.’ “See v. State, 227 Ga.App. 26 (488 S.E.2d 105) (1997) (State’s concern that juror’s youth and lack of experience made her a less desirable juror was neutral reason for strike).” McCastle v. State, 276 Ga.App. 218, 622 S.E.2d 896 (November 3, 2005). Race-neutral reason for strike by prosecutor: juror “was not married and had no children” and “had no significant ties to the community and because of his education level .” Roberts v. State, 278 Ga. 541, 604 S.E.2d 500 (October 25, 2004). Acceptable race-neutral strikes: Juror’s “answers did