State v. Hopkins

Defendant appeals from a. conviction of murder and sentence of death. The record contains five bills of exception.

The first bill was taken to the ruling of the court on the competency of a juror. Counsel for the accused propounded to the juror, on his voir dire, the following question:

“Q. Would you be willing to give the time required in reaching a verdict, or would you feel any way rushed on account of any business which would call you, thus preventing you from reaching a fair and impartial verdict?”

To which the witness returned the following answer:

“A. I have some work which I must attend…