State v. Leonard

BRITT, Justice.

By her first assignment of error defendant contends the trial court erred in denying her request that her counsel be allowed to ask each prospective juror, rather than the entire panel, the following question: “If the defendant should satisfy you by medical testimony that she was insane at the time of the alleged crime, would you be willing to return a verdict of not guilty even though the evidence would show she did kill her sister?”

We find no merit in this assignment. “. . . [A] motion to examine jurors individually, rather than collectively, is directed to the sound…