Opinion ID: 1268837
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Heading: New Trial Motion Jury Misconduct

Text: Reynolds also asserts that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a new trial on the ground of irregular jury proceedings and jury misconduct. In support of his motion for a new trial, Reynolds submitted an affidavit by juror Kevin M. Jones, which stated: I served as a juror during a civil trial for damages by Paul Black against Brian Dale Reynolds. When the jury retired to consider the case, a number of the jurors said that they had read in the Sandpoint Daily Bee that the plaintiff was suing for $300,000. We used that figure as a starting point in deciding how much we should award as a verdict. Several of the jurors said that the defendant should be punished by a large verdict because he had been let off so lightly with only an inattentive driving charge instead of being charged with manslaughter.