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Juror Misconduct
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Health Law Prof Blog
Proposed Model Jury Instructions Limiting the Use of Electronic Technologies by Jurors
As a result of the increased use by jurors of web enabled mobile phones and devices, the Judicial Conference Committee on Court Administration and Case Management of the Judicial Conference…
EvidenceProf Blog
Intelligence Quotient: Supreme Court Of Wyoming Denies Plaintiff New Trial Despite Allegations Of Quotient Verdict
By Colin Miller
Similar to its federal counterpart, Wyoming Rule of Evidence 606(b) provides thatUpon an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify as to any matter…
Media Law Prof Blog
Supreme Court Refuses Appeal By Death Row Inmate In Spite of Juror Misconduct
The Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from death row inmate Brandon Basham, convicted of the 2002 kidnap and murder of Alice Donovan. The jury foreperson in his…
MS Litigation Review & Commentary
Article Focuses on Juror Research During Trials
A Sunday Sun-Herald article focused on the problem of jurors conducting their own research during trials. Here is a link to the article posted on another site. The Sun-Herald had removed the…
EvidenceProf Blog
Curiosity Killed The Jury, Take 2: Boston Globe Article Addresses Problems New Technologies Present To Jury Deliberations
By Colin Miller
Is the jury system broken? I've done several posts over the last year about how new technologies are causing (or should be causing) mistrials across the country. Back in March,…
Mass Tort Defense
Juror Internet Search Warrants New Trial
By Sean Wajert
Many a reader of MassTortDefense has wondered and worried about whether jurors were following a court's admonishment not to see or read anything about
Legal Profession Blog
Convicted Lawyer Seeks New Trial Based On Internet Post
The web page of the Pennsylvania bar disciplinary system reports the interim suspension of an attorney based on a criminal conviction. The Chester County Daily Local News has some details…
EvidenceProf Blog
The Sleeping Juror: Eastern District Of California Denies Habeas Relief To Petitioner Despite Non-Juror Evidence Of Sleeping Juror
By Colin Miller
In Tanner v. United States, 483 U.S. 107 (1987), the Supreme Court held that post-trial juror testimony that, during trial, jurors were falling asleep, drinking alcohol, and using and selling drugs…
EvidenceProf Blog
Gone Fishin’?: Eastern District Of Pennsylvania Denies Evidentiary Hearing Into Juror Misconduct In State Senator’s Case
By Colin Miller
Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) provides thatUpon an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify as to any matter or statement occurring during…
EvidenceProf Blog
I Read The News Today: 10th Circuit Denies Habeas Despite Juror Misconduct In Death Penalty Appeal
By Colin Miller
A defendant is convicted of murder and sentenced to death. It turns out, however, that after the jury found the defendant guilty but before they decided to impose the death…