Stewart ex rel. Stewart v. Rice

The court of appeals in Stewart v. Rice, 25 P.3d 1233 (Colo.App.2000) considered juror affidavits in directing the trial court to review its previous denial of a new trial motion. We hold that Colorado Rule of Evidence 606(b) barred consideration of the juror affidavits because they did not address matters within the rule's two exceptions: extraneous prejudicial information improperly brought to the juror's attention or improper outside influence exerted upon a juror.

After the trial court discharged the jury, defense counsel obtained five juror affidavits through an investigator and then used…