State v. Ford

¶ 1. The petitioner, William Troy Ford, seeks review of an unpublished court of appeals decision affirming a judgment convicting him of battery, bail jumping, and conspiracy to bribe a witness, all as a repeater. Ford maintains the circuit court erroneously exercised its discretion when it de nied his motion for a mistrial. He contends that he is entitled to an automatic reversal of his convictions because the bailiffs contact with the victim of the crime made the bailiff a potential witness and tainted the jury deliberations. He further asserts that the circuit court erred in allowing…