People v. Jacobson

¶1 This case requires us to determine whether a trial court abused its discretion by refusing to poll the jury about whether jurors had seen a prejudicial news report that had aired the night before and been posted online. Because the trial court gave repeated, specific admonitions—including on the day of the newscast—to jurors to avoid “newscasts” and “newspaper sites,” and these were the only places on which the prejudicial report was available, we hold that the trial court did not abuse its discretion when it refused to poll jurors. Therefore, we reverse the court of appeals and affirm the…