Robinson v. State

The defendant was convicted for burglary in the second degree and sentenced to ten years' imprisonment.

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The trial judge properly allowed the defendant and the State an equal number of strikes even though the statute in effect at the time the crime occurred provided that the defendant would strike two prospective jurors for each strike exercised by the district attorney. We specifically addressed this issue inHaynes v. State, 424 So.2d 669 (Ala.Cr.App. 1982), wherein we relied on South v. State, 86 Ala. 617, 6 So. 52 (1889).

In Bracewell v. State, 401 So.2d 123 (Ala. 1979), our Supreme Court…