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Second Circuit· 5/20/1997

United States v. Thomas

Citations

  • 116 F.3d 606
  • 1997 WL 280000

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  • holding that a juror’s refusal to apply the law as stated by the court is “an obvious violation of a juror’s oath and duty” and is grounds for dismissal
  • holding that a juror’s refusal to apply the law as stated by the court is “an obvious violation of a juror’s oath and duty” and is grounds for dismissal
  • characterizing right of juries to deliver unreviewable, general verdicts — thereby allowing jury nullification to occur, albeit infrequently— as a form of “jury lenity”
  • discussing prophylactic measures that judges take, including advising jurors against divulging the substance of then-deliberations, “imposing strict limitations on what jurors are permitted to disclose,” and “subjecting] post-verdict juror interviews to judicial supervision.”
  • collecting cases where the request for removal stemmed from a particular event, competing obligation, or relationship between the juror and the parties
  • noting that “Rule 23(b) dismissals have been upheld repeatedly in cases where the trial court found that a juror was no longer capable of rendering an impartial verdict” because, inter alia, a juror was “discovered to have a relationship with one of the parties”

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Judges: Cabranes, Lumbard, McLaughlin

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