People v. Anglin

Defendants appeal their conviction of breaking and entering in the nighttime. The principal claim on appeal is that the defendants’ rights not to be placed in jeopardy twice had been violated. This claim arose ont of the following set of circumstances. The defendants were arrested on June 25, 1960, and subsequently brought to trial on September 27, 1960. On that date the jury panel was exhausted by peremptory challenges and the sheriff was ordered forthwith to summon eight additional qualified persons as jurors. One of these additional talesmen was Alfred Wright. On voir dire examination,…