Opinion ID: 1059907
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Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Refusal to strike entire venire

Text: As prospective members of the jury sat in the courtroom completing jury questionnaires, the court conducted sentencing proceedings in an unrelated matter and explained to those parties that, although a defendant in a pre-1995 case may be eligible for parole, an exact calculation of how much time he would serve was impossible. Jackson asked the court to strike the panel because this explanation was made within the hearing of his venire. As soon as Jackson raised the issue, the court asked the entire venire who among them had heard its discussion. Although 20 panel members indicated that they had heard parts of the court's explanations, none of them was among the venire comprising panel members from whom the jury was actually selected. Under these circumstances, we find no error in the trial court's refusal to strike the entire venire.