White v. State

Sognier, Judge.

White was convicted in the Superior Court of Gwinnett County of attempted theft by taking.

1. Appellant contends the trial court erred by allowing the state, over objection, to reopen voir dire examination and exercise a peremptory challenge after a jury had been selected. Code Ann. § 59-809 provides, in pertinent part: "When a juror shall have been found competent.. .no other or further investigation before triors... shall be had, except upon newly-discovered evidence to disprove his answer or to show him incompetent... which may be heard by the judge at any time before any of…