Summary: Nilgün Aykent Zahour analyzes the juror misconduct issues in State v. Dressner, 2018-0828 (La. 10/29/18), 255 So. 3d 537. The issues we’re going to discuss are a juror’s alleged incorrect beliefs about the law, a juror’s mental processes, the Louisiana “Shield Law”, which is their state version of Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b), juror affidavits that are inadmissible under these rules, and the presumption that the jury follows instructions.
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Can a juror’s change of heart or remorse in agreeing to a verdict support a basis for new trial? You may be surprised. Watch SM JUROR’s video analysis of the juror misconduct issues in Calhoun v. State, No. 117,704, 2018 WL 3596562 (Kan. Ct. App. July 27, 2018). Issues involve juror remorse, a juror’s change …