129 Wis. 2d 394 - State v. Edelburg’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. “All jury trials involve the possibility of a juror agreeing to a majority viewpoint for reasons extraneous to the facts of the case. Merely telling a juror that her jury duties are primary does not assure that the juror will not agree to a verdict out of personal concerns. The trial judge could do nothing about the business commitment, nor the juror's private reaction to the commitment. No one can know whether a juror has compromised his or her oath unless the juror reveals that fact. Here, the judge did what he could — he gave an extra hour for deliberation. We conclude that there was no coercion sufficient to deny Edelburg a fair trial.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 175 Wis. 2d 653 - State v. Echols

2. “[flailure to object to an error at trial generally precludes a defendant from raising the issue on appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 199 Wis. 2d 513 - State v. Davis

3. “The waiver doctrine applies even to the claim of a constitutional right”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Anderson