State v. Wraggs

WEIER, Judge.

Defendant was charged by information with burglary in the second degree. The jury returned a verdict of guilty and defendant was sentenced to four years imprisonment. On appeal, defendant asserts that during voir dire examination he was wrongfully required to use a peremptory challenge in lieu of a challenge for cause.

It is a well established rule in Missouri that a defendant in a criminal case has the right to a full panel of qualified jurors before he is required to make his peremptory challenges, State v. Hirsack, 465 S.W.2d 543, 545 [1] (Mo.1971); State v. Kirkpatrick, 428…