State v. Dye

Thurman Franklin Dye appeals from a Circuit Court of Harrison County final order denying his motion to set aside the verdict and grant a new trial and sentencing him to a term of five to eighteen years in the State Penitentiary after a jury found him guilty of second degree murder.

The appellant assigns as error the trial court’s failure to grant his request to strike for cause prospective juror Richard C. Dodson. During voir dire examination of the jury panel, Dodson stated he was a member of the City of Salem Police Force. Appellant challenged Dodson for cause, the court refused, and the…