State v. Kinney

Citations

• 45 Wash. 165
• 87 P. 1123
• 1906 Wash. LEXIS 943

Syllabus

<p>Jurors — Prejudice—Challenge. It is'proper to deny a challenge to a juror who stated that his mind was influenced by the fact that the defendants were charged with crime, giving him an opinion that they were guilty which it would take evidence to remove, where the answers were elicited in a discussion of abstract principles of law which it was evident he did not understand, and not in examining him in relation to his knowledge of the case or prejudice in regard to the guilt or innocence of the accused, and where, upon explanation, he properly expressed his capability to act upon the evidence and the law as given by the court, and knew nothing of the case and was not prejudiced against the defendants or the crime charged (Root, Crow, and Hadley, JJ., dissent).</p>