State v. Reiner

The Lucas County Court of Appeals stated the certified conflict as “whether Evid.R. 606(B) permits, under any circumstances, inquiry of a juror as to the effect of extraneous information or improper outside *349influence upon his or her decision making process.” The dissenting judge framed the same issue as follows: “[I]n a case of jury misconduct (statements, conversations or remarks made to a juror), once evidence aliunde of jury misconduct is provided, whether a court may inquire of a juror as to whether or not the juror remained uninfluenced by the misconduct (i.e., impartial) so that the…