STATE v. BIGLEY

No. 54554.

202 N.W.2d 56 (1972)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Larry J. BIGLEY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

November 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Brien, Galvin & O'Brien, Sioux City, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., C. Joseph Coleman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward F. Samore, County Atty., at trial and Zigmund Chwirka, County Atty., Sioux City, for appellee.

Submitted to MOORE, C. J., and LeGRAND, UHLENHOPP, HARRIS and McCORMICK, JJ.


McCORMICK, Justice.

Defendant appeals his conviction and sentence for larceny under Code § 709.6. He claims he was denied a fair trial by trial court's refusal to question the jurors during trial concerning their knowledge of a newspaper article about the case which appeared on the third day of trial. We find no abuse of trial court discretion in the circumstances shown and affirm.

Immediately after the jurors were sworn, trial court told them in part...

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