Allen v. State

BOWEN, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, Tracy Gerrard Allen, was convicted of assault in the first degree and was sentenced to life imprisonment as a habitual felony offender. He raises two issues on this direct appeal from that conviction.

I

The appellant contends that he was entitled to a mistrial because his jury was *308selected from a panel that excluded the black population of St. Clair County. The undisputed facts are: Blacks constitute approximately seven to ten per cent of the population of St. Clair County; the 120-member venire was selected on the basis of drivers’ licenses; there were…