Verreautt v. State

DANIEL S. PEARSON, Judge.

Verreautt was charged with and convicted of an offense punishable by imprisonment for life, robbery while carrying a firearm. § 812.13(2)(a), Fla.Stat. (1979). He correctly claims that by virtue of the charge, he was entitled to ten peremptory challenges during the selection of the jury. Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.350(a). But while the trial court mistakenly limited Verreautt to six peremptory challenges, Verreautt made no assertion that he was entitled to more until well after the verdict was returned and judgment pronounced.1 Compare Newsome v. State, 355 So.2d 483 (Fla. 2d…