State v. Simmons

CRIST, Judge.

Defendant appeals from a jury conviction for illegal possession of heroin in which he was sentenced as a prior and persistent offender to six years’ imprisonment. We affirm.

The sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the conviction is not an issue. Defendant asserts the trial court erred in denying his strikes for cause as to venire persons Sad-ler and Sims in that each stated she would give greater weight to a police officer’s testimony in a trial where all the evidence tying defendant to the crime was presented by police officers.

Initially, Sadler and Sims responded…