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PEARSON v. STATE

No. 706, September Term, 1971.

15 Md. App. 462 (1972)

291 A.2d 167

STEVE PEARSON v. STATE OF MARYLAND.

Court of Special Appeals of Maryland.

Decided June 6, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. White, III, for appellant.

David B. Allen, Assistant Attorney General, with whom were Francis B. Burch, Attorney General, and Richard R. Cooper, State's Attorney for Kent County, on the brief, for appellee.

The cause was argued before MORTON, MOYLAN and GILBERT, JJ.

GILBERT, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

This appeal involves the right to challenge peremptorily prospective jurors. Such right has been conferred upon an accused and the State by the common law, case law, statute and rule of court.

Art. 51, § 15 of the Annotated Code of Maryland (1968 Repl. Vol.) provides:

"In all criminal cases called for trial in any court in which a jury shall be necessary, according

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