Opinion ID: 1396611
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Heading: A Jury Organized to Return a Verdict of Death

Text: Under this point, appellant contends that the questions posed by the prosecutor to prospective jurors concerning their ability to sentence the defendant to death in accordance with the law resulted in a jury that was organized to return a verdict of death in contravention of Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 88 S.Ct. 1770, 20 L.Ed.2d 776 (1968). As an initial matter, the State correctly points out that appellant did not make a Witherspoon objection during voir dire or in his motion for a new trial. Therefore, this issue is not preserved for appeal. Bader v. State, 344 Ark. 241, 40 S.W.3d 738; Christopher v. State, 340 Ark. 404, 10 S.W.3d 852.