Opinion ID: 1328530
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Heading: Jurors Qualified

Text: Appellant argues the trial judge erred in qualifying four jurors. We disagree. Initially, Appellant is procedurally barred from making this argument because at trial he exercised only seven of his ten peremptory strikes. Failure to exhaust all of a defendant's peremptory strikes will preclude appellate review of juror qualification issues. State v. Hudgins, 319 S.C. 233, 460 S.E.2d 388 (1995), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct. 821, 133 L.Ed.2d 764 (1996). Furthermore, three of the jurors were not seated. [1] In Ross v. Oklahoma, the Supreme Court held that any claim that a jury was not impartial must focus on the jurors who ultimately sat at trial. 487 U.S. 81, 108 S.Ct. 2273, 101 L.Ed.2d 80 (1988). See also State v. Green, 301 S.C. 347, 392 S.E.2d 157, cert. denied, 498 U.S. 881, 111 S.Ct. 229, 112 L.Ed.2d 183 (1990) (following Ross). In any event, after reviewing the record we find the jurors were properly qualified. See State v. Davis, 309 S.C. 326, 422 S.E.2d 133 (1992), cert. denied, 508 U.S. 915, 113 S.Ct. 2355, 124 L.Ed.2d 263 (1993) (determination of whether a juror is properly qualified to serve on a death penalty case is a matter within the sound discretion of the trial judge and will not be disturbed on appeal unless wholly unsupported by the record); State v. Gilbert, 277 S.C. 53, 283 S.E.2d 179 (1981), cert. denied, 456 U.S. 984, 102 S.Ct. 2258, 72 L.Ed.2d 863 (1982) (court should not examine isolated statements but entire colloquy with juror to determine qualification).