State v. Hayes

CLARK, Chief Judge.

Keith D. Hayes, charged as a persistent offender, was convicted of burglary, second degree, and was sentenced to a term of fifteen years. On this appeal he advances five points of error, three of which challenge the composition of the jury panel. The fourth point alleges error associated with the prosecutor’s closing jury argument and the final point contends that the evidence was insufficient to support submission of the case to the jury.

Addressing the last point first, we commence by summarizing the evidence under the familiar precept that all evidence and inferences…