Adams v. State

Deen, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, William Leon Adams, was convicted of burglary, for which he was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment. On appeal, he contends that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict; that the trial court erred in failing to excuse for cause two jurors who were married to law enforcement officers; that blacks were impermissibly under-represented on the panel of traverse jurors; and that the trial court’s instruction on impeachment of witnesses was impermissibly burden-shifting.

1. On January 12, 1986, police officers for the City of Thomas-ville were…