Court Opinion

ID: 9854899
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Date Created: 2023-09-24 06:16:19.182628+00
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On Motion for Rehearing.
Hall, Justice.
The foregoing opinion and judgment were vacated on June 29, 1976 and the case was scheduled for oral argument on July 12, 1976, pursuant to the representations made to this court by counsel for appellant that he did not receive a copy of our February 1976 oral argument calendar showing the scheduling of his case for argument, and did not intentionally waive argument by failing to appear.
Subsequent to our June 29 action, the United States Supreme Court, on July 2, 1976, upheld the constitutionality of the Georgia capital punishment statute against just the kinds of attacks appellant raised on this appeal. Gregg v. Georgia, — U. S. — (No. 74-6257, decided July 2,1976). At oral argument on July 12, 1976, after conceding the impact of Gregg upon his arguments, counsel for appellant urged for our consideration only one point — that during voir dire one juror was improperly excused.
The trial record, as supplemented pursuant to Code Ann. § 6-805 (d) and (f), reflects that this juror was struck *264by the state’s using one of its peremptory strikes. Even if the questioning of this juror had been defective under Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510 (88 SC 1770, 20 LE2d 776) (1968), error would not result because the juror was not excused for cause.
No reason appearing which would call into question our opinion and judgment entered in this case on June 10, 1976, the same are reinstated.

Opinion and judgment reinstated.

All the Justices concur, except Gunter, J., who dissents.