State v. Scruggs

DOWD, Judge.

A jury found appellants Scruggs and Shine guilty of burglary in the second degree. Appellant Scruggs was sentenced to 2 years imprisonment. Appellant Shine was sentenced under the Second Offender Act to 4 years imprisonment. The facts underlying appellants’ convictions will be set forth below in the discussion of appellants’ second issue.

Appellants contend that the trial court erred in overruling appellants’ motion for mistrial after one of the jurors informed the court, out of the hearing of the other jurors, he knew one of the arresting officers giving testimony for the state,…