Magee v. State

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

CHANDLER, Justice,

for the Court:

¶ 1. In 1987, Johnny Ray Magee was convicted of robbing a liquor store and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment as a habitual offender.1 We affirmed his conviction in 19892 and dismissed his motion for post-conviction relief (“PCR”) in 1992. In 2010, however, we granted Ma-gee’s request to amend his PCR on the basis of his claim of newly discovered evidence of juror misconduct. The Marion County Circuit Court held an evidentiary hearing to consider this new evidence. The judge found that, when the prospective jurors were asked whether…