Opinion ID: 1597411
Heading Depth: 1
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Proceeding to Penalty Phase and Motion for Jury InterviewIssues 2 and 3

Text: Because we conclude that juror Cody could not recede from her verdict, we summarily dispose of Issues 2 and 3 concerning this juror. The trial court did not err in allowing the jury to proceed to the penalty phase after juror Cody expressed that the guilty verdicts were not hers because there was no basis for allowing juror Cody to recede from her verdict. The trial court also did not err in denying Simpson's motion for a jury interview because juror Cody's concerns arose from matters which inhered in the verdict itself and thus could not be the subject of a jury interview. See Reaves v. State, 826 So.2d 932, 943 (Fla.2002) (Juror interviews are not permitted relative to any matter that inheres in the verdict itself and relates to the jury's deliberations.).