Holder v. State

On Defendant’s Motion for Rehearing.

BEAUCHAMP, Judge.

Appellant has filed a very comprehensive motion for rehearing in this cause which has been thoroughly considered. Nevertheless, we adhere to the original view expressed as the law applicable to the facts of the case before us.

Article 753, C.C.P., sets out as one of the grounds for granting a new trial the conduct of a juror in conversing with an outside party “in regard to the case.” Appellant asserts that where it has been shown that the mandates of the statute have been violated by outside parties conversing with a member of the jury, the…