State v. Ortega

OPINION

CHAVEZ, Justice.

Defendants-appellants were convicted of aggravated battery in violation of § 40A-3-5, N.M.S.A., 1953 Comp.

Appellants contend that the trial court erred when it denied their motion to set aside the verdict of the jury, because one of the jurors was disqualified by virtue of having been convicted of an infamous crime, to-wit: assault with intent to rape. After hearing arguments of counsel on the motion, the trial court entered an order in which it found that defendants were neither injured nor prejudiced by said jur- or being on the panel and denied the motion. In support…