State v. Jackson

OPINION

HERNANDEZ, Judge.

Defendant-Appellant was convicted after trial by jury for trafficking in heroin contrary to § 54-11-20, N.M.S.A.1953 (Repl. Vol. 8, pt. 2, Supp.1973). He brings this appeal alleging three points of error. We affirm.

POINT I: “THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DENYING DEFENDANT’S CHALLENGE TO THE JURY.”

Appellant is a black. He urges reversal under this point on the ground that only one of the thirty-five member panel from which his trial jury was selected shared his racial origins. The ultimate jury selection was accomplished before the name of the one black panel member had been…