Legal Opinion
State v. Boyles
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided August 6, 1997No. NonePublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KONENKAMP, Justice.
[¶ 1.] Jason Boyles was convicted of second degree murder for a hit and run homicide. After trial, three jurors said they thought the killing was accidental and expressed confusion over the court’s instructions. Boyles then sought to question all the jurors under oath. May a verdict be impeached by calling jurors to testify they misunderstood or misapplied the court’s instructions? Jurors cannot testify about their mental processes in deliberations. We therefore affirm the conviction and sentence.
Facts
[¶ 2.] In the early morning of August 10, 1995, while walking along the…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Tanner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Hyde v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Stein v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- McDonald v. PlessSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- United States v. George H. Lustig, United States of America v. Gregory D. PedersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
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3Cited by7 opinions
- State v. MotzkoSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2006
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- Buisker v. ThuringerSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2002
- State v. ChristensenSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 1998
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