People v. Davis
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Hall, J.
The principal issue on this appeal, stated narrowly, is whether a jury verdict may be impeached on the ground that the jury failed to apply the trial court’s instructions on the law and, instead, relied on the “expertise” of a juror who was also an attorney, or, put another way, whether the alleged conduct of the lawyer-juror constituted “improper conduct” (see CPL 330.30 [2]). Resolving this issue highlights the difficulty — perhaps fútil*61ity — in drawing meaningful distinctions between jurors’ professional expertise and life experience.
The defendant was charged…
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