Tate v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for robbery in the first degree. Sentence was life imprisonment. Two issues are presented on appeal.

I

The trial judge granted the State's challenge for cause of two veniremen who "knew" the defendant and "preferred not to sit in judgment of this defendant on this charge." By failing to object to this action the defendant cannot avail himself of any alleged error and has preserved nothing for review. Rileyv. State, 88 Ala. 193, 7 So. 149 (1889); Luttrell v. State,357 So.2d 1021 (Ala.Cr.App. 1978). The failure to make a timely objection waives the right…