State v. Barnhart

PERCURIAM.

This appeal arises from criminal proceedings in the Circuit Court of Ohio County. On January 11, 2000, an Ohio County grand jury indicted the appellant, Robin Barnhart, for the felony offense of malicious assault; a jury later convicted her of the lesser included offense of battery, a misdemeanor.

Ms. Barnhart claims that the circuit court erred in not dismissing the indictment because a member of the grand jury was a police officer who played some role in the investigation of the crime for which Ms. Barnhart was indicted, and, while not voting on the indictment, nevertheless…