SANDERS v. STATE

No. Y-382.

328 So.2d 268 (1976)

John SANDERS, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 11, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Wayne Alford and Martin I. Edwards, of Jacobs, Sinoff, Edwards, Alford & Burgess, Jacksonville, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard W. Prospect, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


RAWLS, Acting Chief Judge.

Did the trial court err in allowing the state additional peremptory challenges? This is the primary question posed by appellant, John Sanders, Jr.

A direct information was filed charging Sanders with assault to commit robbery and assault to commit murder in the first degree (two counts). During the selection of the jury, the state and the defendant, after extensive voir dire and each utilizing six peremptory challenges, tentatively...

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