Robinson v. State

Essentially, the trial judge had concerns that members of Cecil Robinson’s (“Robinson”) family were discussing the case in the hallway in the presence of potential jurors and that Robinson’s sister might have tried to intimidate one of the State’s witnesses or suborned perjury. The trial judge questioned Susan Price, Robinson’s seventeen year-old sister about her conversation with one of the State’s witnesses:

THE COURT: Seventeen. Susan, it’s been brought to my attention by members of the State’s Attorney’s Office that you went into the State’s Attorney’s Office and attempted to talk to one…