Hampton v. State

Sognier, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of armed robbery and kidnapping.

1. Appellant’s first two enumerations of error relate to the trial court’s dismissal of appellant’s challenge to the array of petit jurors, and denial of his request to question certain court officials about the procedure of excusing petit jurors from service in his case.

Code Ann. § 59-112 (b) provides, in pertinent part: “Any other person ... may be excused by the judge of the court to which he has been summoned or by some other person who has been duly appointed by order of the chief judge to excuse jurors. Such a person…