47 So. 3d 1127 - State v. Ingram’s Empirical Analysis

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1. “The facts and procedural history relating to Petitioner’s claim are set forth by the Louisiana Supreme Court: Following the jury’s verdict of manslaughter ... defendant filed a motion for a new trial based in part on an affidavit executed by the jury foreman regarding the course of jury deliberations. The foreman generally expressed concerns about certain aspects of the deliberations but specifically focused on a juror identified by the court of appeal in its decision as Juror No. 8. The affidavit stated that during recesses as the trial proceeded, Juror No. 8 had informed other jurors on the panel that she suspected her boyfriend was having an affair and was taking advantage of her service on the jury to visit his paramour. Acting on her suspicions, Juror No. 8 had armed herself with a baseball bat over a noon lunch recess during the evidentiary portions of the trial and “made an unauthorized entry into the house of the alleged paramour.” She found her boyfriend in bed with the woman. Juror No. 8 told the woman to remain still and listen to her. She also informed her boyfriend that she would deal with him later. The confrontation apparently ended at that point. The jury foreman further explained in his affidavit that Juror No. 8 “acknowledged to him and others that she had placed herself in the same position as Kimberly Ingram, as both had entered homes without authority.” Finally, the foreman alleged that the incident allowed the other jurors to have “the benefit of a ‘recr”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ingram v. Goodwin