STATE v. MITCHELL

No. 97-206.

573 N.W.2d 239 (1997)

STATE of Iowa, Appellee, v. Frank Lee MITCHELL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 24, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian L. Yung of Bennett, Crimmins & Yung, Fort Dodge, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Julie H. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, and Cynthia Goins-Voorde, County Attorney, for appellee.

Considered by HARRIS, P.J., and NEUMAN, SNELL, ANDREASEN, and TERNUS, JJ.


NEUMAN, Justice.

Defendant, Frank Lee Mitchell, stands convicted of delivering a controlled substance in violation of Iowa Code section 124.401(1)(d) (1995). He seeks reversal because, during voir dire, the court rejected his challenge to a juror who claimed a hearing impairment. Because the record on appeal reveals no abuse of the trial court's broad discretion in ruling on Mitchell's challenge for cause, we affirm.

Iowa Rule of Criminal Procedure 17 governs...

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