South Memphis Land Co. v. Commissioner

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that a trial judge might be tempted to influence the jury’s verdict if it inquires into ongoing jury deliberations
• recognizing that the trial court has a duty to perform a balanced inquiry, and that it may be necessary to interview the complaining juror or jurors, the accused juror, and all or some of the other members of the jury
• “Washington and other courts have granted broad discretion to the trial judge in conducting an investigation of jury problems.’’
• noting “both the defendant and the State have a right to an impartial jury”
• “The trial court is simply in the best position to evaluate the jurors’ candor.”
• \The trial court is simply in the best position to evaluate the jurors' candor.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).