State v. Smith

i. Jurors: qualification. I. As the jury was being impaneled, Frank Creswell, a member of the regular panel, was called into the box. Upon his voir dire examination, he answered that he had on that morning talked with the defen¿an£ about his case; that defendant told him the facts as he claimed them to be, and that thereby some impression was made on his mind. He says he told defendant before the talk that he was a juror, and that he does not know who commenced the conversation. He further says that to some extent he had formed an opinion in regard to the case, but not from what defendant…