Currin v. State

oN PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Donell Currin, Jr., was conviet-ed in Lake Superior Court of Robbery as a Class A felony. 1 A divided panel of the Court of Appeals affirmed. Currin v. State, 638 N.E.2d 1319 (Ind.Ct.App.1994). Seeking transfer, Defendant contends that it was reversible error for the trial court to deny defendant the exercise of a peremptory challenge to a prospective juror.

During voir dire, the trial court imposed upon both the prosecution and defense parties a requirement that, in order to exercise a peremptory challenge, the party attempting the challenge…