Ex Parte Durden

Feb 6, 1981
79-852
Reporters:
,
Before:
Torbert, Maddox, Faulkner, Jones, Almon, Shores, Beatty, Adams, Embry

Writ quashed as improvidently granted. By quashing the writ in this cause, we are not to ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‍be understood as approving the procedure of qualifying the jury with respect to individual pending criminal cases out of the presence of the ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‍defendant and his counsel. The writ is quashed because Petitioner‘s objection to the composition of the jury came after the jury was impaneled ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‍and sworn; and, thus, this objection, although well taken, was untimely. Andrews v. State, 359 So.2d 1172 (Ala.Cr.App. 1978).

WRIT QUASHED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

TORBERT, C.J., and ‍​​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‍MADDOX, FAULKNER, JONES, ALMON, SHORES, BEATTY and ADAMS, JJ., concur.

EMBRY, J., dissents.