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Jury-Evidence-Privilege Of Jury Deliberations
Jury-Evidence-Privilege Of Jury Deliberations
Michigan Law Review
The extent to which affidavits of jurors anent proceedings in the jury room can be used, when not aimed at impeaching their verdict, is a question upon which there is little affirmative authority. The law seems clear since Bushell's case that a juror cannot be punished for his finding of fact; what is more, his vote within the jury room as well as his debates seem to be privileged absolutely on grounds of policy.