Opinion ID: 1749385
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Heading: refusal to excuse jury panelist friddle for cause

Text: Remeta alleges that jury panelist Judy Friddle should have been excused for cause on the basis that she stated she would probably go with the majority and let them change her mind when she was the only juror who felt that the defendant in the case had not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt or had an affirmative defense to the charge. The trial court refused to excuse Friddle for cause, and defense counsel used a peremptory challenge to excuse her. In order to prevail on this point, Remeta must show that a juror actually seated should have been struck for cause. In order to make this showing, he must demonstrate that after exhausting all of his peremptory challenges, he was forced to accept a juror against his wishes. Watson v. State, 289 Ark. 138, 709 S.W.2d 817 (1986). Therefore, we do not consider Remeta's arguments in regard to this jury panelist, who was not accepted by him but excused by peremptory challenge. Gardner v. State, 296 Ark. 41, 754 S.W.2d 518 (1988).