Sentences with phrase «as a juror if»

§ 10.050 (1999) excuses a woman from acting as a juror if the woman is breastfeeding a child.

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Levitt, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy and a former US intelligence agent, told jurors he did not know if the materials found on Tsarnaev's computer, including sermons by US - born Al Qaeda figure Anwar al - Awlaki and issues of Al Qaeda's «Inspire» magazine, were put there by Tsarnaev or by someone else, such as his brother.

The production itself was a highly polished affair held at Deutsch's Steelhead production studios in L.A., with the jurors seated around massive tables, glowing lights making them appear as if they were a circle of overlords deciding the fate of the universe.

If the jurors have a reasonable doubt about this, they must not consider the statement for any purpose, nor any evidence obtained as a result thereof.

The questionnaire also asks potential jurors if they have any connections to business developments such as the Central New York Film Hub, the Aloft hotel, or to state agencies such as ESD or the Dormitory Authority.

«If that possibly was done they would have gotten more guilty verdicts on the counts,» said Regan, who as an alternate juror did not participate in deliberations.

The juror who raised concerns in the early hours of deliberation, later identified as Arleen Phillips of Mount Vernon, N.Y., had written to Judge Caproni, asking if she could be excused «because I have a different opinion / view so far in this case and it is making me feel very, very uncomfortable.»

Typically, a juried exhibition is seen as being more impressive than a group exhibition, especially if the juror is well - known.

If the jurors rated similarly situated attorneys equally, as one might expect, the lines on the graphs would appear as a perfect «X.» One would expect the defense attorneys to be rated significantly higher than the plaintiff attorneys when the juries return a verdict in favor of the defendant on all counts and the plaintiff attorneys to be rated significantly higher than the defense attorneys when the juries return a verdict in favor of the plaintiff on all counts.

Over at Deliberations, Anne Reed poses a question as a general rule of thumb for evaluating the propriety of jury conduct online: «If the juror had done the same thing off line, what would we do?»

As the complicated civil trial in Massachusetts Superior Court dragged on into late October, the jurors asked the judge if he would allow them to wear costumes on Halloween.

If the Duke Lacrosse Rape Case influences the dominant narrative that pops into our minds when we address the kinds of questions Prof. Thompson poses, then it may pervert our perspective as a society of potential jurors.

So if your client expects to have at least some of the jurors be people with demographics similar to his (in other words, people he thinks of as his peers), he is likely to be disappointed.

The second concern also does not seem like a significant issue, as reporters who want to tweet can be asked to sit in the back of the courtroom and also advised that they may only tweet if they can do so without becoming a distraction to the jurors and other courtroom participants.

One is left wondering if the national pool of jurors was ever really so depleted, or if the interests of justice so strongly called for its expansion, so as to justify valuable court time and resources being allocated to cases like these.

He initially called the court, as well as social services, but was informed that the decision to provide counselling to jurors is at the discretion of the trial judge, and if it not ordered, jurors have to seek and pay for it on their own.

Criminal lawyer Michael Spratt, Abergel Goldstein & Partners LLP, says there are many good reasons to use a peremptory challenge, such as if a juror is disinterested, appears biased or shows animus toward the accused.

During voir dire for a DUI case, Seidler asked potential jurors questions such as whether they liked animals, whether they could «envision the coffee table in front of them» or describe a house that they might see if, hypothetically, they were in a forest and came to a clearing.

As persuasive as the five testifying victims were, what jurors found equally, if not more compelling, were Cosby's own wordAs persuasive as the five testifying victims were, what jurors found equally, if not more compelling, were Cosby's own wordas the five testifying victims were, what jurors found equally, if not more compelling, were Cosby's own words.

As we posted previously, jurors said that they'd hire Petrocelli... if they could afford him.

A judge in Montgomery County, Maryland, denied a request to allow research of potential jurors because it could have a chilling effect on jury service if they knew they were going to be Googled as soon as they walked into the courthouse.

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Also inadmissible is «heresay»; there are various circumstances where it is allowed to introduce as evidence testimony like «I heard Bob say that Lou bragged about murdering Sal», and a concept of «adoptive admission» which has the consequence that if you don't protest an accusation or wrongdoing, that is the same as confessing to doing it (jurors still have to decide if they believe it, but it is admissible).

And try as they might to be perfectly neutral finders - of - fact, jurors are less likely to find in your client's favor if they dislike you.

If jurors were persuaded that the brothers committed unjustified murder against her, it would be easier to carry this judgment over to the father's murder as well.

The potential always exists that if a lawyer ends up on the jury, they could explain the elements of the case to their fellow jurors, who may then not rely as fully upon the carefully crafted language in the instruction (s).

I would love to pick a jury, Sam, with my toes in the sand with the headset on, with jurors from around the world also with similar court authorized headsets and when you have these headsets on and you look to your left and your right, it's just as if you were in the room.

(1) A person commits jury - tampering if, with intent to influence a juror's vote, opinion, decision, or other action in a case, he attempts directly or indirectly to communicate with a juror other than as a part of the proceedings in the trial of the case.

If that fresh evidence had existed at the time of Ms. Oakes» trial, and was presented to the jurors, we conclude that there is a reasonable possibility that the jury would have found that the admitted inconsistencies, lies and self - interest in Ms. Scott's testimony left them a reasonable doubt that her identification of Ms. Oakes as the murderer was reliable... [D] eference to the decision of the trier of fact can not play a significant role where that trier of fact was not in possession of critical information when it decided to convict.»

In certain instances, the trial judge needs to make a ruling as to whether a particular juror, even if given an accommodation, is qualified to serve.

With the very narrow, newly created exception for guilty verdicts in criminal cases reached based upon racial or other kinds of impermissible prejudice rather than the facts of the case (or cases where there is an outside influence on the jury such as a bribe or someone looking up facts or law on the Internet), no one can challenge a jury verdict based upon the reasoning and conclusions actually made by the jurors, even if someone learns that the jury knowingly or accidentally didn't follow the law or was mistaken about the facts.

Richard George Kopf, who blogs about life as a federal trial judge over at Hercules and the Umpire, did an interesting thought experiment in relation to this case where he wondered if it was appropriate to use a peremptory strike of a juror if that juror is ugly and your client doesn't want ugly people on the jury or the case is somehow related to physical beauty.

Short of sequestering staffers, as if they were jurors in a high profile trial, there is no way of preventing word from spreading to friends and associates.