State v. Allred

Whether the court’s refusal to excuse Juror Hicks denied defendant’s right under G.S. 9-21 to challenge fourteen jurors "peremptorily without cause,” depends upon whether the court erred in refusing to allow defendant’s challenge for cause of Juror Spencer. To reject Juror Spencer, defendant was required to challenge him peremptorily. The court denied defendant’s right to challenge Juror Hicks on the ground that defendant had theretofore expended all of his fourteen peremptory challenges, inclusive of the one used to reject Juror Spencer.

In selecting the jury, the court, or any party to an…