State v. Hart

SWANSTROM, Judge.

Following a jury trial, Richard Hart was found guilty of grand theft. The district court withheld its judgment of conviction and placed Hart on probation for three years. Hart appeals, asserting that: (1) insufficient evidence existed from which the jury could find that Hart held the requisite intent to permanently deprive the owner of his property; (2) the court’s refusal to allow inquiry into a juror’s possible bias violated Hart’s constitutional right to a fair trial; and (3) the district court erred in denying Hart’s motion for a mistrial. For reasons which follow, we…