Gunnin v. State

Pannbll, Judge.

1. Upon proper construction of the Act of 1951 (Ga. L. 1951, p. 214; Code Ann. § 59-705) the defendant has a right, after the usual voir dire questions have been put to the jury by the court, to individually question all jurors on the entire panel prior to interposing a challenge to any of them. The trial judge has no discretion in the matter, and his denial of this right to the defendant is reversible error. Blount v. State, 214 Ga. 433 (3) (105 SE2d 304); Ferguson v. State, 218 Ga. 173 (126 SE2d 798); Britten v. State, 221 Ga. 97, 100 (143 SE2d 176).

2. “While the questions…