Peckham v. State

SINGLETON, Judge.

Robert Peckham was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree. AS 11.41.-100. He appeals, contending that the trial court committed plain error by interrogating two jurors out of Peckham’s presence regarding possible juror bias, and in failing to include all of the members of the jury in the interrogation. We find no plain error and affirm.

Peckham’s trial began on Thursday, March 25, 1982, and ended when the jury returned a guilty verdict on April 4, 1982. On Friday, March 26, 1982, at approximately 12:30 p.m., during the presentation of the state’s case-in-chief, the…