HENRY v. STATE

43556, 43668.

256 Ga. 313 (1986)

348 S.E.2d 640

HENRY v. THE STATE. HARMON v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 8, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett & Hamilton, Hubert E. Hamilton III, for appellant (case no. 43556).

William P. Slack, for appellant (case no. 43668).

David L. Lomenick, Jr., District Attorney, Susan R. Sarratt, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, J. Michael Davis, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


GREGORY, Justice.

Jackie Lynn Henry and Steven Harmon were jointly tried and convicted of the murder of Robert Lee Gladden. Both complain of the procedure followed in jury selection. For reasons which follow, we reverse.

When separate counsel representing Henry and Harmon failed to agree on a method of joint use or sharing of peremptory challenges, the trial court directed a procedure. Each defendant was allowed eleven peremptory challenges. Thus each received...

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