State v. Buck

Defendant appeals from a judgment of conviction for the crime of manslaughter by abortion.

The action first came on for trial on September 6, 1963. On September 9, 1963 a mistrial was ordered on the motion of defendant because one of the jurors read newspaper accounts of defendant’s prior criminal record. Immediately thereafter twelve new prospective jurors were selected from the panel. The examination of juror number one on voir dire had commenced when the state realized that a material witness who would have been available on September 9th would not be available the next day. A second…