Bowen v. State

144 Ga. App. 329 (1977)

241 S.E.2d 431

BOWEN

v.

THE STATE.

53748.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Argued April 12, 1977.

Decided November 22, 1977.

Rehearing Denied December 13, 1977.

Joe Salem, for appellant.

V. D. Stockton, District Attorney, Michael H. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

QUILLIAN, Presiding Judge.

Defendant appeals his conviction of burglary. While the jury was deliberating on its findings of guilt or innocence, defendant advised his counsel that he had just been told that a juror was related to one of the deputy sheriffs. Counsel checked his file and discovered that the…