State v. Eagan

This is an appeal by defendant Gloria Ray Eagan from her conviction of the offense of mitigated deliberate homicide, entered in the District Court of the Sixteenth Judicial District, Fallon County, Montana.

The single issue to be decided on this appeal is whether there was impropriety in the handling of a problem that arose during defendant’s trial when one of the empaneled jurors made statements in a public place, outside the place of trial, indicating his prejudice, and implying that others on the jury panel might also be prejudiced against defendant.

Accordingly, the facts can be briefly…