Sentences with phrase «during jury deliberations»

Further, it is clear that Mr. Lamb's comments had no effect on the juror or the jury pool because nullification or anything of that nature was not discussed during jury deliberations or at any time.

While this case was tried to a successful conclusion, resolving in a confidential settlement during jury deliberations, the impact of the case went well beyond the courtroom.

His trial began Monday, but he left the courthouse sometime during jury deliberations on Wednesday, the DA's office said.

Not exact matches

During two weeks of jury selection, Judge Samuel Feng repeatedly told prospective jurors that immigration, sanctuary cities, gun control and their political views should not enter into their deliberations.

During its first - ever live broadcast of jury deliberations, the Andy Awards revealed the four big winners of its newly revamped awards program: Nike's «Breaking 2» integrated campaign that documented runners attempting to break the two - hour marathon mark, which earned the «Bravery» award; a «Sound of Music» - inspired musical for Orkin, nabbing the Student honor; «Immunity Charm» for the Afghanistan MInistry of Public Health from McCann Worldgroup India, which earned the award for Social Good; and State Street Global Advisors» «Fearless Girl» from McCann New York, which claimed another top honor and earned the best of show Grandy award.

During deliberations, Graham asked to be removed from the jury, saying he'd recently learned that the owner of the medallion cab he drove was a close friend of Silver.

The judge said the jury had exhausted every way to reach a verdict during their 50 hours of deliberations, stating that «It was fair trial,» according to CNN's Ted Metzger.

In a 2006 study of jury decision making, social psychologist Samuel Sommers of Tufts University found that racially diverse groups exchanged a wider range of information during deliberation about a sexual assault case than all - white groups did.

Shut up about jury nullification during voir dire and deliberations or you could be excluded or removed from the jury, leaving the defendant with no fully informed juror who will acquit.

The judge's instruction to the jury that the transcript was an aide memoir did not overcome the resulting prejudice to the appellant resulting from the jury having only one side of the picture during their deliberations.

The ruling, which takes effect Sept. 1, will require Michigan judges for the first time to instruct jurors not to use any handheld device, such as iPhones or Blackberrys, while in the jury box or during deliberations

You can only discuss the case in the jury room with your fellow jurors during deliberations.

Read on for their thoughtful exploration of the values and priorities of blogging and jury deliberation, and their shared opinion that these two roles fundamentally clash during trial.

The time and place for coming to your final opinions and speaking about them with your fellow jurors is during deliberations in the jury room, after all of the evidence has been presented, closing arguments have been made, and I have instructed you on the law.

The verdict came during the seventh day of sometimes - heated deliberations by a jury that had been confined to a 15th floor courtroom for almost two months.

During deliberations, the jury submitted a question regarding that later test — the one they weren't supposed to know anything about.

The law in Canada is that jury deliberations are to remain confidential but in this case, there were some allegations of jury misconduct and several jury members were asked by the trial judge to explain what was happening in the jury room during breaks.

During contentious deliberations, the trial judge in U.S. v. Thomas dismissed Juror Number 5 — the only black juror in a trial of all black defendants — based on the belief that Juror Number 5 was engaging in jury nullification and would not convict the defendants under any circumstances.

Indeed, no one, including the judge, is even supposed to be aware of the views of individual jurors during deliberations, because a jury's independence is best guaranteed by secret deliberations, such that jurors may «return a verdict freely according to their conscience» and their «conduct in the jury room [may be] untrammeled by the fear of embarrassing publicity.»

In a 2006 study of jury decision making, social psychologist Samuel Sommers of Tufts University found that racially diverse groups exchanged a wider range of information during deliberation about a sexual assault case than all - white groups did.

Federal Rule of Evidence 606 (b) provides that «[d] uring an inquiry into the validity of a verdict,» evidence «about any statement made or incident that occurred during the jury's deliberations» is inadmissible.

YOU WILL HAVE THESE INSTRUCTIONS IN WRITTEN FORM IN THE JURY ROOM TO REFER TO DURING YOUR DELIBERATIONS.

5) If the jury conducts tests during deliberations, and these tests produce new evidence, the tests are improper.

During deliberations, jurors must communicate about the case only with one another and only when all jurors are present in the jury room.

The most common strategy is incorporating social media use into jury instructions -LRB-...) Also common are the practice of reminding jurors on a regular basis not to use social media to communicate during trial or deliberations, explaining the reasons behind the ban on social media, and confiscating electronic devices in the courtroom.