Lollar v. State

The defendant was indicted and convicted for the unlawful sale of Talwin in violation of Alabama Code 1975, Section20-2-70 (a). He was sentenced as an habitual offender to fifteen years' imprisonment.

Although a number of issues are presented on appeal, only one argument merits the attention of a written opinion. That argument is reduced to the question of whether or not the defendant exercised due diligence in discovering a ground of a challenge for cause of one of the jurors.

As grounds for his motion for new trial, the defendant alleged that juror Naomi B. Keith was not qualified to serve on…