State v. Irby

Defendant appeals from a verdict finding him guilty of rape without capital punishment; and a sentence condemning him to hard labor for the balance of his life in the state penitentiary.

[1] The first bill of exceptions is taken to the ruling of the court sustaining an objection made by the district attorney to the following question to a juror who was being examined on his voir dire:

“Would you, if taken as a juror, after hearing the evidence in the case, form your own *797opinion, which would he so firm you would not be persuaded by your fellow jurors on final decision?”

The question was objected…