State v. Dellinger

Appellant Christopher Shane Dellinger was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Braxton County, on February 15, 2008, of three counts of Falsifying Accounts and one count of Obtaining Money, Goods, Services or Property by Fraudulent Pretenses Using a Common Scheme, all felonies. In this appeal, we address Appellant’s contention that a juror’s complete lack of candor during voir dire regarding her connections to Appellant and several named witnesses resulted in a violation of Appellant’s constitutional right to trial by a fair and impartial jury.

Upon careful consideration of the petition…