SAMUELS v. STATE

6 Div. 854.

504 So.2d 367 (1987)

Barnette SAMUELS v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

Rehearing Denied February 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Dan Turberville, Birmingham, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and James B. Prude, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

Barnette Samuels was convicted for the murder of Brownell Wyatt and sentenced to twenty-three years' imprisonment. On this appeal from that conviction four issues are raised.

I

During the selection of the jury the following occurred:

"MR. TURBERVILLE [Defense Counsel]: Your Honor, the State's first three strikes have been people of the black race, and we have a defendant who is black. There are eight blacks on the...

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