State of Iowa v. Kenneth Osborne Ary

WIGGINS, Justice.

A defendant appealed his conviction following a jury trial on three counts of delivery of a controlled substance in violation of Iowa Code section 124,401(l)(e )(3) (2013). We transferred the case to the court of appeals. The court of appeals reversed the conviction on the ground the defendant’s constitutional right to a fair trial by an impartial jury was violated when he was convicted by jurors who heard statements a prospective juror made during voir dire. The court of appeals thus remanded the case to the district court for a new trial without addressing the defendant’s…