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Clack-Rylee v. Auffarth6/22/2005
istinction between his personal, religious faith and pastoral duties on one hand, and his legal obligations and duties on the other. He revealed no disqualifying bias, as the juror did in Powell v. Amin, 256 Ga. App. 757 (569 SE2d 582) (2002). In that case, the juror, a pharmacist, "made it clear that he derived a portion of his income from prescription referrals from [the defendant doctor's] office and as a result he was reluctant to serve on the jury," and the trial judge only asked him if he thought he could base his decision solely and exclusively upon the evidence. Id at 759. Given the juror's bias, we held that the judge should have explored the issue further. In this case, while the trial court would not have abused its broad discretion by conducting further inquiry, we find no manifest abuse in its decision to forego further inquiry because the juror expressed no disqualifying bias.
Judgment affirmed. Ruffin, C. J., and Johnson, P. J., concur.
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