State v. Potter

DOWD, Presiding Judge.

Defendant, Michael Potter, appeals his jury conviction of selling a controlled substance, marijuana. The trial court sentenced the defendant as a prior offender to fifteen years imprisonment.

The defendant contends that the trial court committed error by (1) denying his motion for a new trial because defendant’s pretrial counsel had a conflict of interest, thereby prejudicing defendant in his defense at trial; (2) denying his motion for a new trial because on voir dire, a juror failed to disclose that he knew the key defense witness and that his knowledge of said witness…