A juror bought toy cars over break in criminal trial deliberations and jurors then used them to re-enact the accident that was the subject of the trial. Judge denied motion for inquiring further of the jurors, deciding using toy cars was no different than diagraming the accident on paper.
Link: http://www.courts.ca.gov/opinions/documents/E054307.PDF
A blog about the very small percentage of jurors who fail to follow the judge's instructions, including doing independent Internet research, using social media (such as Facebook) to contact parties and lawyers, and blogging about the trial. Juror misconduct frequently results in mistrials and a waste of resources. Links will be provided to sample jury summonses, jury instructions, and other resources to improve juror education and minimize juror misconduct, thereby promoting fairness of trials.
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