Opinion ID: 1088560
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: the state failed to provide the defendant a special venire.

Text: Mississippi Code Annotated § 13-5-77 (1972) provides that in certain criminal cases, including capital cases, the defendant is, upon request, entitled to a special venire of at least forty persons. Uniform Criminal Rules of Circuit Court Practice 4.10 provides for essentially the same thing. Mississippi Code Annotated § 99-15-27 (1972), provides that, upon motion, the defendant is entitled to a list of the special veniremen so summoned. Appellant made a motion for a special venire and neither the special venire nor the list of special veniremen was ever provided to him. The motion was filed on September 13, 1982 and appellant made three other appearances before the trial court, including the day the trial began on November 29, 1982. At no time did he again raise the motion for special venire. On the trial date, appellant raised other motions which were disposed of by the court prior to the impaneling of the jury. At no time did appellant object to the failure to provide for a special venire. We note, however, that the record shows that at least fifty jurors were considered before impaneling the twelve jurors and the two alternates. Our rule is that a party making a motion must follow up that action by bringing it to the attention of the judge and by requesting a hearing upon it. Sharplin v. State, 357 So.2d 940, 943 (Miss. 1978). It is the responsibility of the movant to obtain a ruling from the court on motions filed by him, and failure to do so constitutes a waiver of same. Martin v. State, 354 So.2d 1114, 1119 (Miss. 1978). Upon the authority, appellant has waived his request for a special venire and a list of the veniremen so summoned. The fourth assignment of error is without merit.