State v. Handy

JAMES F. MCKAY III, CHIEF JUDGE

ON REMAND

Factual Background

In an opinion rendered September 13, 2017, this Court reversed the defendant's conviction due to an incomplete record and remanded the case for a new trial, observing:

that the discussions of the jury challenges are not available and the record does not contain any documentation, i.e., minute entries, jury strike-sheet from which it can be determined whether there was a basis for the challenge for cause that the defense brought and was improperly denied by the trial court, thereby causing the defense to exercise a peremptory challenge…