State v. Neuendorf

CARTER, Justice.

Defendant, Scott David Neuendorf, appeals from his conviction of second-degree sexual abuse. The court of appeals reversed that conviction on the ground that the district court improperly overruled a challenge for cause to a prospective juror. Although we believe that the challenge to this juror should have been sustained based on the answers that she gave to questions from counsel and the court, we hold that an improper ruling on a challenge for cause with respect to a particular juror is not automatically a ground for reversal when the juror in question has been removed…