Grogan v. State

Johnson, Judge.

Perry Grogan, former sheriff of Paulding County, appeals from his conviction of child molestation. In a single enumeration of error he asserts the trial court judge abused his discretion when he decided during trial, outside the presence of Grogan or his counsel, that a juror’s failure to respond to a question during voir dire was immaterial.

The facts giving rise to this challenge were developed at the hearing on the motion for new trial. A juror testified that during voir dire he was asked whether he or any member of his family had been arrested during the period in which…