Wilkie v. State

Mark Wilkie appeals after a jury convicted him of burglary of a dwelling with an assault with a dangerous weapon. He argues that the court erred in consolidating his jury selection process with that of a second, unrelated trial. We disagree and affirm.

The jury chosen for Wilkie’s trial was from a venire of thirty people. The court decided that the remaining jurors, and in the same order, would form the venire for a second unrelated trial. Although Wilkie was not involved in the second trial, his lawyer represented the defendant who was. Wilkie’s attorney objected to this consolidated…