CUDJOE v. COM.

Record No. 2607-94-2.

475 S.E.2d 821 (1996)

23 Va. App. 193

Hambrey Milton CUDJOE v. COMMONWEALTH of Virginia.

Court of Appeals of Virginia, Richmond.

September 24, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Sumpter, Richmond, for appellant.

Robert B. Beasley, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (James S. Gilmore, III, Attorney General, on brief), for appellee.

Present: WILLIS and ANNUNZIATA, JJ., and COLE, Senior Judge.


COLE, Senior Judge.

In a jury trial, appellant, Hambrey Milton Cudjoe, was convicted of rape and aggravated sexual battery. He contends that the trial court erred in disallowing one of his peremptory challenges during the jury selection process and by requiring that he strike another juror from the jury panel.1 We agree and reverse.

The appellant asserts that under Code § 19.2-262, he is entitled to four peremptory strikes...

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