Grigsby v. State

The defendant, Ned Grigsby, Jr., was charged with felony-murder in the robbery and death of Edwin Cole and upon conviction was sentenced to life imprisonment. Two issues are presented for review:

1. Whether the course of conduct followed by two jurors resulted in juror misconduct and deprived the defendant of a fair trial; and

2. Whether there exists sufficient evidence that the victim was robbed to support a conviction of felony-murder.

The evidence from the record which is relevant to these two issues is as follows.

The victim, Edwin Cole, was seen with the defendant in a tavern one evening.…