Court Opinion

ID: 9667763
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 01:54:41.307811+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:15:40.679755
License: Public Domain

PUDLOWSKI, Presiding Judge,
concurring.
I concur in the principal opinion. I must assert that the stupidity of the two jurors is exceeded only by their arrogance and contempt of our justice system. Their actions are patently contemptuous. Any rational person would be aware that if they were selected as a juror in one venue and taken to another, the importance of the case dictated such action. It also would signify the need for an absolute compliance by the juror with the court’s instructions. Their acts were deliberate.
It is the writer’s opinion that the jurors’ actions are legally contemptible and warrant punishment. The extent of the punishment should be determined by the trial judge. This was an expensive trial in terms of financial costs and time. Additionally, if the case has to be retried, it will be another emotional drain upon many people including the victims’ immediate family. We have repeatedly admonished the citizenry to recognize the serious duties and responsibilities of a juror and obviously in this case, such admonishment had failed.