State v. Lynch

DIETZ, Judge.

*335Defendant Marie Antoinette Lynch appeals her conviction and sentence on multiple drug trafficking charges. She argues that the trial court should have declared a mistrial after a prospective juror, in the presence of the rest of the jury pool, stated that "I've seen her (Lynch) around" and "I believe she did it." The trial court immediately dismissed that prospective juror and gave a lengthy curative instruction to the jury pool.

As explained below, in light of the trial court's curative instruction, the trial court's decision not to declare a mistrial was within the court's sound…