Hudson v. State

Birdsong, Chief Judge.

Appellant, Stephen George Hudson, appeals his conviction for trafficking in cocaine. Held:

1. Appellant’s first enumerated error is that the trial court erred in failing to grant the motion for a “new jury” based on the fact that there were no blacks on the panels for which the jurors were selected. At trial appellant’s counsel objected to the makeup of the county’s jury list and made an oral motion for a continuance to obtain a new jury, as the jury panel had no blacks on it and the appellant was black. This form of challenge of the jury array has been found sufficient…