Enquiries into a jury’s deliberations might be allowable as to extraneous events which might have affected them.
Citations:
(1999) SCCR 1
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Cited by:
Cited – Regina v Connor and another; Regina v Mirza HL 22-Jan-2004
Extension of Inquiries into Jury Room Activities
The defendants sought an enquiry as to events in the jury rooms on their trials. They said that the secrecy of a jury’s deliberations did not fit the human right to a fair trial. In one case, it was said that jurors believed that the defendant’s use . .
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Criminal Practice
Updated: 25 November 2022; Ref: scu.192255