Jones v. State

Quillian, Judge.

The defendant appeals his conviction of burglary and aggravated assault. Held:

1. The evidence was sufficient to sustain the verdict.

2. One of the jurors stated that her father-in-law was a first cousin of the defendant’s grandfather. The trial judge excused the juror for cause. See Code § 59-716 as amended (Ga. L. 1935, p. 396), and Code § 59-804. This is now assigned as error by the defendant.

It appears that the trial judge need not have stricken the juror for cause since she was not related within the sixth degree by consanguinity or affinity. For the proper method of making…