Blake Ex Rel. Adams v. Spartanburg General Hospital

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• affirming trial judge’s conclusion that bailiffs improper comments to the jury warranted new trial
• no abuse of discretion in granting plaintiff a new trial on the ground that bailiff's comments concerning deadlocks during deliberations might have influenced jury
• \[A] trial judge has the duty to ensure that no juror feels compelled to sacrifice his conscientious convictions in order to concur in the verdict.\
• right to impartial jury violated by bailiff's comments to sentencing jury that life without parole sentence was not an option in death penalty case

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