From AP, the latest in the “Juror Number One” case: The California Supreme Court has suspended a Sacramento judge’s order requiring a juror to submit his Facebook postings about a criminal trial so the judge could decide if the juror’s comments constituted misconduct. The justices on Monday granted the juror, Arturo Ramirez, a temporary stay…
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Social Media Misbehavior by Jurors Afflicts Trial Process
Ken Strutin, director of legal information services at the New York State Defenders Association. writes: Most people called to serve on grand or petit juries regularly use the internet to transact business, conduct research and carry out daily activities. And social media have become lifelines to networking with friends, families and co-workers. Unfortunately, a growing…
Court stays order to turn over juror’s Facebook postings
Rachel Costello reports that the California Supreme Court has granted a stay of Judge Kenny’s order to Arturo Ramirez (“Juror Number One”) to sign consent for Facebook to provide his postings to the court. A Sacramento trial court had upheld Judge Kenny’s order and Ramirez’s attorney had filed for both a review of the decision…
Appeals court won’t block order to surrender Facebook posts, attorney says
A follow-up on a situation that initially had me quite concerned and confused about the powers of a court to order a juror to sign consent to Facebook to turn over his postings to the court. Andy Furillo reports: California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal has refused to block an order to make a juror…