State v. Mahajni

¶1 Marwan Mahajni appeals a judgment convicting him of kidnapping and second degree sexual assault following a jury trial, as well as a subsequent order denying a post-conviction motion for a new trial without holding an evidentiary hearing.1 Mahajni makes the implied argument that he is entitled to an evidentiary hearing to give him an opportunity to prove that jurors received extraneous prejudicial information during deliberations, which would entitle him to a new trial. He bases this argument on affidavits from two jurors who aver that a bailiff told jurors during the period of jury…