Armour v. State

Benham, Judge.

In this appeal from appellant’s conviction for sale of marijuana, the sole enumeration of error is that the trial court abused its discretion by permitting voir dire questions concerning prospective jurors’ acquaintance with persons whom appellant’s counsel describes as “well-known local convicted or suspected drug dealers.” The record shows that the prosecuting attorney asked prospective jurors whether they knew certain named persons. Defense counsel objected, asserting that the jurors might make inappropriate associations from the naming of those names. Noting that it did not…