Peterson v. State

The appeal is from a judgment of conviction of murder in the first degree, with the infliction of the death penalty.

The questions argued by counsel for appellant will be treated in the order of their presentation in briefs. The first relates to defendant's effort, after the selection of the jury and the trial proceeded to the examination of some of the witnesses for the state, to have the court declare a mistrial on account of the alleged bias of juror Dugger, and his motion, after verdict, for a new trial based upon the same ground.

Counsel cite the recent case of Clark v. United States,53…