Hicks v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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19 state decisions

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1. “(b) Inquiry Into Validity of Verdict or Indictment. Upon an inquiry into the validity of a verdict or indictment, a juror may not testify as to any matter or statement occurring during the jury’s deliberations, or to the effect of anything on any juror’s mind or emotions or mental processes, as influencing any juror’s assent to or dissent from the ver- diet or indictment. Nor may a juror’s affidavit or any statement by a juror concerning any matter about which the juror would be precluded from testifying be admitted in evidence for any of these purposes. However, a juror may testify: (1) whether any outside influence was improperly brought to bear upon any juror; or (2) to rebut a claim that the juror was not qualified to serve.”

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

2. “By generally prohibiting jurors from testifying as to matters and statements occurring during deliberations, rule 606(b) unquestionably makes proving jury misconduct in criminal trials more difficult than it was under prior rules.”

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

3. “a juror may not testify as to any matter or statement occurring during the jury's deliberations”

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