State v. Cullen

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

After a jury found defendant Randy G. Cullen guilty of first-degree murder, trial court sustained defendant’s mistrial motion, grounded on jury misconduct. We granted the State’s application for discretionary review. We now reverse and remand for reconsideration by trial court in light of the correct rule to be applied when a party seeks to impeach a jury verdict.

In the early morning hours of April 8, 1983, several fights broke out in front of the Nashville Club, a Council Bluffs tavern. A number of people were involved in the fights, among them defendant and his…