Supreme Court of New Jersey· 12/5/1955

State v. Kociolek

Citations

118 A.2d 812
20 N.J. 92
58 A.L.R. 2d 545
1955 N.J. LEXIS 169

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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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