Saldane v. State

Defendant-appellant Jose Miguel Sal-dane appeals his conviction for armed robbery. We affirm.

Defendant argues that the venire panel should have been stricken after a prospective juror, a former police officer, stated that defendant looked familiar.* Defendant argues that the other prospective jurors would necessarily conclude from the remark that defendant had a criminal record. We disagree. That comment, without more, does not call for dismissal of the entire group of prospective jurors. As one court has stated:

Appellant would have us presume that policemen are on familiar terms only with…