State v. McClure

The defendant in this proceeding, James McClure, was convicted on three counts of first-degree sexual assault and sentenced to three concurrent terms of not less than fifteen nor more than twenty-five years in the State penitentiary. On appeal, he claims that the trial court improperly impaneled the jury and erred in failing to disqualify a prospective juror for cause. He also claims that the trial court erred in making evidentiary rulings, in refusing to give his proffered instruction on sexual misconduct, and in failing to declare a mistrial because of emotional displays of the prosecutrix…