State v. Wilson

The defendant, Wilson, appeals from a conviction of larceny after a jury trial in Klamath County.

Wilson was jointly indicted with one Shafer, whose case is decided today. Wilson’s trial followed by one Aveek the trial of Shafer before the same jury panel after all jurors who had served in the Shafer trial had been excused by the court. We do not approve the practice followed, but no timely exception was taken. A fresh jury panel is less likely to be infected with undisclosed prejudgment that one having just completed a celebrated companion case.

The evidence was not the same in both cases, but…