State v. Kociolek

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• reversing conviction because jury learned during deliberations of “illegal and extraneous evidence” that defendant had been indicted on unrelated matter
• differentiating between a juror's mental processes, which may not be disclosed, from experiences, conditions, or events that occurred in the jury room, which may be
• reversing a conviction returned by-jurors who learned about the defendant’s prior indictment for assault and battery despite the fact that the trial court directed them to render a verdict based only upon the trial evidence
• juror knowledge of pending assault indictment in death phase of murder trial “would be calculated to disparage the defendant in the minds of the jurors”
• juror knowledge of pending assault indictment in death phase of murder trial \would be calculated to disparage the defendant in the minds of the jurors\
• juror’s affidavit received to show that jurors had discussed the fact that defendant had been charged with a similar crime

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