Commonwealth v. McDaniel

Opinion by

Hoffman, J.,

Appellant was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault and battery with intent to ravish. Following the trial, one of the jurors brought to the attention of the judge that during deliberations in the above matter, another juror had displayed to the panel a copy of the trial list for that session prepared by the District Attorney. That list indicated that in addition to the case being tried before them, appellant was charged with two other unrelated crimes.

The jurors were then called into a conference room and were deposed on this issue. As a result of the conference…