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Williams v. State

The trial court was not required to dismiss the entire jury panel based on the prejudicial statements of three prospective jurors during voir dire.

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A jury found Andy Williams guilty of first degree forgery. In two enumerations of error, Williams contends that his due process rights were violated. First, he argues that the jury panel was tainted by the comments during voir dire of several prospective jurors. Second, he asserts that his character was improperly placed before the jury. Williams’ assertions lack merit, and we affirm.

The record shows that, on July 29, 1995, Matthew Iseghohi was sleeping in his parked car when he heard someone reach in to take his car keys, and he awakened to find a gun pointed at his face. After struggling with the gunman, Iseghohi fled, and the gunman entered the car and drove away. Although the car eventually was recovered, some of Iseghohi’s belongings were missing from the car, including several books of blank checks. On September 21, 1995, Williams was arrested while attempting to cash one of the checks at a Winn-Dixie store. Iseghohi was taken to Winn-Dixie, and he identified Williams as the gunman. Williams was charged with armed robbery and first degree forgery. At trial, Williams admitted to forging the check, but denied robbing Iseghohi. The jury acquitted Williams of the robbery charge and convicted him of forgery.

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