State v. Anderson
Cases that cite this one
3 later published cases cite this decision.
- Anthony Green v. William D. Catoe, Director, South Carolina Department of Corrections Charles M. Condon, Attorney General, State of South Carolina (4th Cir. 2000)
- State v. Cochran (S.C. Ct. App. 2006)
- State v. Short (S.C. 1999)
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Opinion
Appellant was convicted of grand larceny and sentenced to six (6) years’ imprisonment. We reverse.
At trial, over objection, the court limited appellant to five peremptory challenges to prospective jurors. She exhausted *579 her five challenges before the jury selection was completed and did not try to assert a sixth peremptory strike.
By statute, one arraigned on a charge of grand larceny is “entitled to peremptory challenges not exceeding ten . . .” S. C. Code of Laws § 14-7-1110 (1976). We construe this language to mean a grand larceny defendant shall be allotted a full ten peremptory strikes. See, State v. Lambert, 279 S. E. (2d) 364 (S. C. 1981). Appellant was therefore wrongfully denied her right to ten peremptory challenges.
This Court has reversed when prejudicial error in the allotment of peremptory challenges has appeared. See e. g., State v. Anderson, 59 S. C. 229, 37 S. E. 820 (1901); State v. Briggs, 27 S. C. 80, 2 S. E. 854 (1887). We think appellant, having objected to the limitation and having exhausted her allotted challenges, has shown prejudice. To venture a sixth challenge would have been futile.
Therefore, the judgment is reversed, the sentence vacated and the case remanded for a new trial.
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