Court Opinion

ID: 9707179
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 02:04:32.306749+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:22:28.754822
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Dissenting Opinion.
Jackson, J.
— It is apparent from the record in this case that the court committed reversible error in overruling appellant’s motion for a new trial.
The record discloses that one of the jurors was, at, prior, during and after the trial a depressed chroni*289cally nervous person, under medical and psychiatric treatment, an inmate of a rest sanitorium, and addicted to the use of tranquilizers and drugs. Certainly he cannot be said to be a qualified, capable and competent juror under those circumstances.
The judgment of the trial court should be reversed, and the cause remanded with instructions to sustain appellant’s motion for a new trial.
Note. — Reported in 183 N. E. 2d 198.