Supreme Court of South Carolina· 5/12/2008

Shumpert v. State

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661 S.E.2d 369
378 S.C. 62
2008 S.C. LEXIS 141

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holding that juror testimony involving internal misconduct \may be received only when necessary to ensure fundamental fairness\
holding that juror testimony involving internal misconduct “may be received only when necessary to ensure fundamental fairness”
recognizing distinction between external and internal juror misconduct and exclusion of juror testimony concerning internal misconduct, but also noting exception to this exclusion when misconduct undermines fundamental fairness of the proceeding
stating courts should give little credence to testimony amounting to mere buyer's remorse
stating courts should give little credence to testimony amounting to mere buyer’s remorse
where a juror's affidavit, alleging that deliberating jurors improperly considered defendant's failure to testify as evidence of guilt, did not raise sufficient questions of fundamental fairness so as to be admissible evidence of jury misconduct

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Judges: Toal, Moore, Waller, Pleicones, Beatty

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