Burnett v. State

Melvin Burnett was informed against in the superior court of Yavapai county for the crime of murder. He was tried and convicted, the jury fixing the penalty at imprisonment for life, and, from the verdict, judgment, and order overruling the motion for a new trial, he has appealed to this court.

There are some six assignments of error which we shall discuss in their order. The first is that the court erred in overruling the challenge for cause of the juror Mercer. It is contended that this juror was disqualified because he had formed an opinion as to the guilt or innocence of the defendant, and…