State v. Neron’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions

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1. “On this record, we are unable to say that the court was compelled to conclude that because of her alleged intimate relationship with Robert Nerón, who was absent from the courthouse throughout the trial, or because of two brief meetings with the witnesses referred to above, the juror must have recognized any of the individuals involved in the trial of this case. We find it significant that these brief meetings made so faint an impression on the two family-member witnesses that they reciprocally failed to recognize the juror. Thus, since the evidence supported the court’s conclusion that the juror’s silence had not constituted a false answer, we find no basis for imposing on the trial justice a requirement to conduct a post-verdict interrogation of the juror. Contrary to the defendant’s contention that the court violated his constitutional right to an impartial jury, we conclude that no juror bias was shown here, and by denying the defendant’s motion for a new trial and refusing to interrogate the juror, the court acted well within the scope of its discretion.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Neron v. Clemons · Louis Neron v. James E. Tierney, Etc.

2. “When a verdict is returned and before it is recorded, the jury shall be polled at the request of any party or upon the Court’s own motion. If upon the poll there is not unanimous concurrence, the jury may be directed to retire for further deliberations or may be discharged.”

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