State v. Covell

Defendant was tried by jury and found guilty of three violations of the state motor vehicle code: attempting to elude a police officer, 23 V.S.A. § 1133; driving while his license was suspended, 23 V.S.A. § 674; and careless and negligent operation, 23 V.S.A. § 1091. Judgment on the verdict was entered and defendant appealed to this Court. We affirm.

The sole question presented here for review is whether the judge who presided only at the jury drawing, and later, the trial judge, committed reversible error in denying defendant’s motions for a mistrial based on the first judge’s inadvertent…