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There's a Verdict in Apple v. Samsung (Groklaw)

There's a Verdict in Apple v. Samsung (Groklaw)

Posted Aug 28, 2012 17:28 UTC (Tue) by Kluge (guest, #2881)
In reply to: There's a Verdict in Apple v. Samsung (Groklaw) by dlang
Parent article: There's a Verdict in Apple v. Samsung (Groklaw)

>actually, during the trial the Juror's can send questions to the Judge. A couple years ago when I was on a drunk driving case, I did exactly that, and after the next break there was testimony on exactly what I had asked about.

Wow. I had no idea that such things happened. I thought that jurors were only allowed to ask about evidence already introduced and points of law. I wonder how general this is in US jurisdictions.

>There are a LOT of landmines out there if the Jury starts investigating.

True. But as long as jury questions are mediated by the judge, it doesn't seem like that much of a problem (except for the judge, that is).


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There's a Verdict in Apple v. Samsung (Groklaw)

Posted Aug 28, 2012 18:31 UTC (Tue) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313) [Link]

you can ask anything you want, it may be that the Judge decides not to do anything with the request, but you can ask :-)

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