State v. Lambert

Ness, Justice:

Appellant Gary William Lambert was convicted of criminal sexual conduct with a minor and sentenced to eighteen years imprisonment. We affirm.

Appellant first asserts the trial court erred in limiting him to five peremptory challenges. We disagree.

S. C. Code § 14-7-1110 (1976) provides in pertinent part:

“Any person who shall be arraigned for the crime of murder, manslaughter, burglary, arson, rape, grand lar ceny, breach of trust when it shall be punishable as for grand larceny, perjury or forgery shall be entitled to peremptory challenges not exceeding ten and the State in such…