State v. Spangler

OPINION

RODENBERG, Judge.

In this appeal, we consider whether the district court committed any error in approving an agreement between the parties prior to voir dire to dismiss a prospective juror who was a next-door neighbor of the attorney prosecuting the case. We hold that, because the rules do not proscribe such an agreement, the district court committed no error.

FACTS

When appellant Donna Jo Spangler appeared for a jury trial on a DWI charge, the prosecutor’s next-door neighbor appeared on the list of prospective jurors for the case. Before the jury had been called, the prosecutor brought…