State v. Messelt

No one questions that juror Relyea, although honest, "incorrectly or incompletely responded to a material question on voir dire." State v. Wyss, 124 Wis. 2d 681, 726, 370 N.W.2d 745 (1985), overruled on other grounds, State v. Poellinger, 153 Wis. 2d 493, 506, 451 N.W.2d 752 (1990). In the exchange shown in the margin at note 10 of the majority opinion, defense counsel asked the juror six times what she had heard about the defendant. In her seven responses to this question, the juror failed to tell the court that she had heard the defendant had been accused of raping a young girl. The juror…