Not exact matches
In addition, if a jury's decision to nullify is obviously contrary to the evidence presented at trial, the party that was disadvantaged by the nullification may decide to file a motion for a new trial based
on juror misconduct.
juror misconduct in Florida:
jurors admitted to doing research
on the Internet during drug trial.
Many cases have come down where
jurors disregarded the court's instructions and posted
on social media about the trial, but the court did not find the
misconduct severe enough to declare a mistrial.
In U.S. v. Lawson,
on the other hand, the federal Fourth Circuit addressed at length the reliability concerns presented by reliance
on Wikipedia.32 The issue arose when, despite the trial court's explicit instruction not to conduct research
on the internet or otherwise, a
juror reviewed, during deliberations, a Wikipedia definition of an element of the crime with which the defendant was charged.33 The
juror no longer had the original Wikipedia entry but obtained a printout two weeks later in anticipation of his appearance before the court
on complaints of
juror misconduct.
There has been a growing number of incidents in the United States where lawyers have asked the presiding judge at a trial to disqualify a
juror for
misconduct or to declare a mistrial because of what
jurors have posted
on their personal blogs, Twitter accounts or Facebook pages.