BLACKWELL v. STATE

37634.

248 Ga. 138 (1981)

281 S.E.2d 599

BLACKWELL v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided September 9, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Franklin, Axam & Ashburne, Tony L. Axam, for appellant.

J. Cleve Miller, District Attorney, Lindsey A. Tise, Assistant District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Charles E. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


MARSHALL, Justice.

Freddie Leon Blackwell appeals from his conviction of felony murder and his life sentence.

1. The appellant first contends that the trial court deprived him of trial by a representative cross-section of the community by permitting the state to exercise 10 of its 11 peremptory strikes used to obtain an all white jury.

"The constitutionality of the Georgia statute authorizing peremptory jury challenges has not been attacked. Code ...

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