James v. State

GOSHORN, Judge.

Alton Eugene James was convicted by a jury of aggravated assault with a firearm and carrying a concealed firearm. The disposi-tive point on appeal is whether one of the jurors knew the appellant’s family, the defense witnesses, and the victim despite her denial under oath during voir dire.

The defense attorney filed a motion for new trial stating that after the verdict, she was contacted by the appellant’s family and witnesses questioning why the juror was on the panel, alleging that they were well known to the juror and that the juror had even spoken to two of them during the…