State v. Goree

PRITCHARD, Chief Judge.

A jury rendered its verdict of appellant’s guilt of burglary in the second degree and fixed his punishment at 4 years imprisonment. The court sentenced him to imprisonment in the Department of Corrections for the 4 years set by the jury.

No issue is presented as to the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction. The sole contention of error is that the court overruled appellant’s challenge for cause of venireman Sterling Kelley, thus forcing him to utilize his peremptory challenges, and the court’s refusal to sustain the challenge was an abuse of discretion.

The…