Truitt v. State

Cooper, Judge.

Defendant was convicted by a jury of one count of selling cocaine and appeals her conviction and sentence. Her sole enumeration of error is that the trial court erred in denying her challenge to the jury array.

Decided March 4, 1994. Word & Flinn, T. Michael Flinn, for appellant.

Specifically, defendant contends that blacks were significantly underrepresented on both the traverse jury venire and, in particular, on her individual panel. She presents the following evidence: According to the 1990 census, Carroll County has a total population of 71,422 of which 11,231 are black. Thus,…