Petitioner Abelino Manriquez filed an original habeas corpus petition in this court seeking relief from his multiple murder convictions and death sentence. We issued an order to show cause with respect to petitioner’s claim that prejudicial juror misconduct occurred when a juror did not timely disclose a history of childhood abuse. After an evidentiary hearing, the referee found the juror’s nondisclosure was neither intentional nor deliberate, and that the juror was not biased against petitioner; as such, there was no prejudicial juror misconduct. We agree generally with the referee’s findings, and therefore hold that petitioner is not entitled to relief.
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