State v. Mitchell

NEUMAN, Justice.

Defendant, Frank Lee Mitchell, stands convicted of delivering a controlled substance in violation of Iowa Code section 124.401(l)(d) (1995). He seeks reversal because, during voir dire, the court rejected his challenge to a juror who claimed a hearing impairment. Because the record on appeal reveals no abuse of the trial court’s broad discretion in ruling on Mitchell’s challenge for cause, we affirm.

Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 17 governs, among other things, the court’s response when a litigant challenges a juror’s physical ability to serve as a juror. Subsection 5(c) of…