Folkens Ex Rel. Estate of McLendon v. Hunt

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• holding a circuit court is not required to give any reason for granting a new trial absolute based on the thirteenth juror doctrine
• holding when a new trial absolute is granted, “[t]he effect is the same as if the jury failed to reach a verdict. The judge as the thirteenth juror ‘hangs’ the jury.”
• “We have ... refused to require trial Judges to explain reasons for ruling on [the request for a new trial as the thirteenth juror].”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).