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Appeals court finds no error in small-town trial despite juror ‘irregularities,’ improper prosecutor conduct
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Despite multiple problems with the jury pool and the prosecutor’s improper statements at the end of trial, the state’s Court of Appeals last month upheld a Prowers County woman’s convictions after concluding any errors did not undermine the fairness of her trial. A jury convicted Carie Ann Hawkins in 2019 for conspiring to commit theft…


