Bruce v. State

KARWACKI, Judge (retired),

Specially Assigned.

We granted certiorari in this criminal case to determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in refusing the accused’s request that the members of the jury be interrogated to ascertain whether any of them had been prejudiced. The request was prompted by an electronic bulletin board erected inside the entrance of the courthouse which showed the names of the cases being tried and the courtrooms in which the trials were to be held. The bulletin board on the day the accused’s trial was to be held disclosed that he had two other criminal cases…