Wells v. State

ON MOTION FOR REHEARING.

HAWKINS, Judge.

Appellant insists that we were in error in sustaining the trial court’s action in overruling the motion for new trial based upon a contention that Joe Arnold was a disqualified or prejudiced juror. Arnold testified upon his voir dire examination that from hearsay or otherwise there was not established in his mind such a conclusion as to the guilt or innocence of accused as would influence him in arriving at a verdict and that he had no bias or prejudice one way or the other. The fairness of the juror is challenged on the ground that it developed- after…