State v. Upshaw

CLARK, Judge.

Keith Upshaw was convicted of two counts of robbery in the first degree and was sentenced to concurrent terms of ten years. On this appeal, Upshaw asserts that certain evidence was erroneously received over his objection and that the jury was improperly constituted because a venireman was unjustifiably excused.

The facts of the case will be recounted only briefly because the sufficiency of the evidence to support the conviction is not challenged.

On the date of the offense, four men were confronted at a self-service car wash by an armed man who demanded and received the currency in…