Wheeler v. Second Judicial District Court

*227OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, D. J.:

Petitioner was charged with murder. He was brought to jury trial in the Second Judicial District in September 1965, and after extensive jury deliberation the foreman informed the trial judge that one of the jurors revealed that he had personal information about the case, that the juror thought he had observed the defendant and deceased together in a Beño bar. This led that juror to believe that the two were close personal friends, which would then effect the credibility of defendant’s claim of self defense. Obviously, by colloquy between the court and the…