NICKERSON v. STATE

6 Div. 627-A.

539 So.2d 335 (1987)

Samuel James NICKERSON v. STATE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama.

On Return to Remand February 18 and July 19, 1988.

Rehearing Denied September 20, 1988.

Certiorari Denied February 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Dan Turberville, Birmingham, for appellant.

Charles A. Graddick, Atty. Gen., and Fred F. Bell, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


Alabama Supreme Court 88-33.

McMILLAN, Judge.

The appellant was found guilty of robbery in the first degree and was sentenced to a term of life imprisonment.

The appellant is black and claims that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial because the prosecutor systematically excluded blacks from the jury. The record is not clear as to whether there were four or five blacks on the venire; however, the State used its first three strikes...

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