People v. Stein

Defendant was charged with armed robbery, MCL 750.529; MSA 28.797, in connection with the theft of the complainant’s purse from her place of work. After a jury trial, defendant was convicted of robbery not armed, MCL 750.530; MSA 28.798, and appeals as of right.

Defendant argues that the trial court’s use of the "struck method” to impanel the jury constituted reversible error. By court order dated one week before trial, the court informed the attorneys that the jury would be chosen according to the struck method approved in Swain v Alabama, 380 US 202; 85 S Ct 824; 13 L Ed 2d 759 (1965), and…