Pope v. State

Carley, Judge.

Appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of two counts of mutiny in a penal institution. He appeals from the judgments of conviction and sentences entered on the guilty verdicts.

1. In related enumerations, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in refusing to strike for cause eleven potential jurors. On voir dire, the eleven had responded affirmatively to the proposition “that the prisoners at the Georgia State Prison have too much authority . . . relative to the guards . . .” The trial court refused to strike the eleven solely on this basis and indicated that…