Court Opinion

ID: 9677142
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 05:44:33.128065+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:54.251004
License: Public Domain

John I. Purtle, Justice, concurring. I concur in the result reached by the majority because I find the improper conduct of the juror not to be prejudicial under the circumstances. My purpose in writing, however, is to clarify what I consider to be a misleading statement. The majority opinion asserts: “[W]e note that appellant never raised this issue until his motion for a new trial, which was filed long after the trial.” That statement and the one following it, might lead one to believe that an objection to the misconduct of a juror must be lodged at or before the time for filing a motion for a new trial. In the present case, there was no dispute that the appellant did not know of the alleged misconduct until after the filing of a motion for a new trial. There is absolutely nothing wrong with filing a motion to set aside on the basis of jury conduct after a motion for a new trial has been made, provided that this information was not known at the time of the motion.