Articles Posted in Members (Jury) Issues

Here’s a interesting reference to the Siegelman political prosecution case. No Reversal Despite Juror Exposure To Internet Information, Media Accounts And E-mail, 10 March 2009. Eleventh Circuit agrees with trial court, after a hearing with all twelve jurors, that exposure to an unredacted copy of the Second Superseding Indictment, a book concerning the role of…

Prof. Colin Miller has published an article about Fed. (Mil.) R. Evid. 606. Prof. Miller argues that, “Rule 606(b) to preclude allegations of juror bias violate criminal defendants’ right to present a defense.” Dismissed with Prejudice: Why Application of the Anti-Jury Impeachment Rule to Allegations of Racial, Religious, or Other Bias Violates the Right to…

United States v. Rivera may not be the case to watch after all if the analysis is correct. Lyle Denniston, Analysis: How many ways to lose a case?, SCOTUSBlog, 23 February 2009. In summary, By the time Justice Anthony M. Kennedy asked a government lawyer which of several ways he would prefer the Supreme Court…

An important case involving the seating of a jury (Members panel) was argued today at the U.S. Supreme Court. Here is a summary of the case from SCOTUSBlog. Argument Preview: Jury selection dynamics. Here are the relevant background documents in Rivera v. Illinois, via SCOTUSWiki. The transcript of oral argument should be posted in a…

Here is a link Argument Preview: Jury selection dynamics, SCOTUSBlog, 21 February 2009 – more later perhaps.

Professor Miller has an interesting post today, Lie To Me?: Supreme Court Of Maine Opinion Reveals That Jury Deliberations Can Be Used To Prove Juror Deceit During Voir Dire,11 February 2009. The recent opinion of the United States District Court for the District of Maine in Watts v. Maine, 2009 WL 249236 (D. Me. 2009),…