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Warger v. Shauers, No. 13-517 (U.S. Supreme Court) (574 U.S. ___; 135 S.Ct. 521) (December 9, 2014) (Justice Sotomayor)

Loaded on April 28, 2014 published in Punch and Jurists December 29, 2014
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Voire Dire Dishonesty.

In this civil case, the Supreme Court showed its continued reluctance to allow verdicts (whether civil or criminal) to be disturbed by testimony about juror misconduct. Here a unanimous Court the held that Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b) (“Inquiry into validity of verdict or indictment”), which provides that certain juror ...

 

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