Bowen v. State

Quillian, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of burglary. While the jury was deliberating on its findings of guilt or innocence, defendant advised his counsel that he had just been told that a juror was related to one of the deputy sheriffs. Counsel checked his file and discovered that the deputy sheriff named was the prosecutor listed on the indictment. The jurors had been voir dired as to their relationship to the prosecutor but none had spoken up. The issue was raised before the verdict was published but the court refused to hear it at that time. After the verdict was…