in the Interest of C.U.D., S.L.D., A/K/A S.D., J.P.J.D., K.K.J.D., A.E.D., II, Children v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

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• “better practice is to obtain ‘a clear sign of each juror’s assent to the announced verdict’ ”
• jury deemed to have orally affirmed verdict unanimously despite one juror’s inadequately disclosed disagreement with the verdict
• unanimous verdict despite claim that juror whispered “no” during reading of verdict, where “the judge, the clerk, and defense counsel, among others, neither saw nor heard dissent from any juror”
• judge cannot vacate verdict based on \a juror's change of heart nor a juror's subsequent disclosure of a subjective disagreement with [the juror's own] apparent vote\
• juror’s whispered “no,” even if heard by other jurors, not sufficient public disagreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).