State v. Woods

MOORE, Justice.

Defendant first assigns as error the action of the trial court in allowing the State to challenge peremptorily without cause more than nine jurors. It was stipulated that the State peremptorily excused eleven jurors and the record shows that the defendant peremptorily excused thirteen. The trial court ruled that the State had twenty-two peremptory challenges and that the defendant had thirty-four.

Defendant was charged with two capital crimes and one non-capital.

G.S. 9-21 in part provides:

“(a) In all capital cases each defendant may challenge peremptorily without cause 14 jurors…