Summary: Nilgün Aykent Zahour analyzes the juror misconduct issues in People v. Colville, No. 336405, 2018 WL 6252034 (Mich. Ct. App. Nov. 29, 2018). The issues we’re going to discuss are juror comments made to the trial court’s law clerk and ineffective assistance of counsel claims based on trivial juror misconduct.
Can juror contact with the victim’s family prove prejudicial juror misconduct? You may be surprised. Watch SM JUROR’s video analysis of the juror misconduct issues in Montalvo v. State, No. 73667, 2018 WL 3544970 (Nev. July 20, 2018). Issues involve ineffective assistance of counsel, juror contact with victim’s family, timing of the alleged misconduct, and …
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Is there ineffective assistance of counsel in failing to strike either a husband or his wife off the jury because they might talk about the case? You may be surprised. Watch SM JUROR’s video analysis of the juror misconduct issues in Shipp v. McDowell, No. SACV1602194RSHK, 2018 WL 3640315 (C.D. Cal. May 22, 2018) to …
