Lawyer Attempts Influence
Defense counsel approached a sitting juryman outside the courtroom and offered a favor if the juryman would vote to acquit. The court sanctioned the lawyer for attempting to influence the juryman by means prohibited by law.
Also known as: jurywoman · jurymen · jurywomen · juror · male juror · female juror
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A member of a jury. The term is an archaic or gender-specific label now disfavored in favor of the gender-neutral juror.
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Defense counsel approached a sitting juryman outside the courtroom and offered a favor if the juryman would vote to acquit. The court sanctioned the lawyer for attempting to influence the juryman by means prohibited by law.
After one juryman became ill during deliberations, the remaining five returned a verdict. The court set aside the verdict because a jury must begin with at least six members and each juryman must participate unless properly excused.
The defendant moved to dismiss the indictment after discovering that one grand juryman lacked legal qualification. The court denied the motion because twelve qualified grand jurymen had concurred in the indictment.
A party called a sitting juryman to testify before the other jurymen about observations made during trial. The court refused the testimony and gave the opposing party an opportunity to object outside the jury's presence.
An interpreter remained in the room while the grand jurymen deliberated and voted on the indictment. The court held that the presence violated the rule limiting attendance to the jurymen themselves and any needed interpreter.
A prosecutor disclosed grand-jury testimony to an FBI agent assisting the investigation. The disclosure was permitted because it did not reveal the grand jurymen's deliberations or any individual juryman's vote.
The term is an outdated occupational label that carries an unnecessary gender reference. Contemporary style prefers the inclusive term juror to avoid implying that jury service is a male role.
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…for such discussion through its civil libel laws. Discussion of public affairs is often marked by highly charged emotions, and jurymen, not unlike us all, are subject to those emotions. It is indeed this very type of speech which is the reason for the First Amendment since speech which arouses little emotion is little in…