The article below discusses efforts by defense attorneys to appeal a guilty verdict based on a juror's clarification of the term, "reckless disregard." The juror was an attorney and the foreperson for the jury. For a more complete discussion on jurors as experts see the law review article written by Professor Paul Kirgis, The Problem of the Expert Juror, 75 Temple L. Rev. 493 (2002).
Lawyers for Former McKesson Chairman Seek New Trial, Say Juror 'Muddied' Instructions
The jury that convicted former McKesson HBOC Chairman Charles McCall is now coming under scurtiny itself.
Last week U.S. District Judge William Alsup distributed to the parties juror questionnaires that had been filled out post-verdict. The judge flagged responses from one juror, in which she indicated that the foreperson -- a Stanford Law School graduate -- "helped" by clarifying what the term "reckless disregard" means, according to papers filed by McCall's attorney, Michael Shepard of Hogan & Hartson to continue reading go here.
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