Sentences with phrase «judge during deliberations»

In some posttrial interviews — and reportedly in one note to the judge during deliberations — they referred to him by his first name, as if he were a longtime friend.

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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.

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.

This article argues that it is time for the SCSL to establish an independent fact finding commission, with a narrowly framed and time limited mandate, to establish the truth, or falsity, of the allegation that Alternate Judge Sow made during the delivery of the Taylor Trial judgment that there were no (serious) deliberations by the three judges who convicted the accused and sentenced him to 50 years imprisonment.

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

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.»

The 15th page of the 19 - page decision noted that Lewie's attorney, Matthew Hug, argued the trial judge erred by not removing a female juror who had sent an «odd and inappropriate» note during deliberations.

Dallas told other jurors during their deliberation what she had found in this way, with the consequence that, when this breach was reported to the trial judge, the trial was stopped.

Only 30 of the 508 judges who responded reported instances of detected social media use by jurors during trials or deliberations.