McQuarrie v. State

KELLER, P.J.,

filed a dissenting opinion in which COCHRAN, J., joined.

The Court decides that a juror’s internet research constituted an “outside influence” for the purpose of determining whether jurors could testify about the matter in a proceeding to challenge the jury’s verdict. I disagree, because the text and background of the rule indicate that the phrase “outside influence” carries a narrower meaning than given by the Court today. I would hold that the internet research in this case was not an outside influence because the information did not involve a communication from a person outside…