Hickox v. State

Stolz, Judge.

The defendant appeals from his conviction of theft by taking.

1. Enumerated error 3 is the denial of the defendant’s motion to disqualify for cause a prospective juror who stated that he audited the books for Ware County (which was a co-owner with the City of Way cross of the timber allegedly stolen), and that, as a homeowner and taxpayer, he had a personal interest in the case in that any revenue loss would have to be made up by everyone’s property tax.

Assuming that the prospective juror was otherwise competent to serve, he was not rendered incompetent by his status as…