State v. Prince

OPINION

SCOTT, Judge.

The appellant was convicted of selling a Schedule II controlled substance (hydro-morphone) and received a sentence of ten years in the state penitentiary as a Range II, especially aggravated offender. He was also ordered to pay a $15,000.00 fine. On appeal the appellant has presented four issues.

In the first issue the appellant questions whether the trial judge abused his discretion in denying his request to voir dire each prospective juror individually concerning the alleged effects of pre-trial publicity.

*915During the course of the court’s voir dire of the entire venire,…