Jordan v. State

1. Where in the trial of a criminal case a juror is put upon his voir dire and states that he is related to the accused but does not know in what degree, and the judge sets aside such juror for cause, and the accused, after conviction, makes a motion for new trial, one of the grounds complaining of this ruling, the State may, in answer to the rule nisi to show cause why a new trial should not be granted, show, by the affidavit of one who has knowledge of the matter, the degree of the relationship of the accused to the rejected juror. In hearing the motion for new trial the judge may consider…