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False Jury Foreman In Massachusetts
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Organization, Oath and Officers of the Federal Grand Jury After the proper number of persons have been qualified as grand jurors, the court will appoint one of them to be the foreperson, or presiding officer, of the grand jury.
Most tampering or misconduct issues come up because a juror sent a note to the judge, Marder says. If the court learns that an incident of jury tampering may have occurred, the judge conducts a Remmer hearing.
In some districts the judge selects the foreperson of the jury. In other districts the jurors elect their foreperson and in still other districts the first juror to enter the jury box becomes the foreperson automatically.
C, 234A, § 68A states, “after a jury has been impanelled and sworn, the court shall appoint a foreperson,” common practice in the District Court is to select a foreperson at the close of the instructions, just prior to deliberations. The manner in which the foreperson is chosen lies in the discretion of the judge, 3.
Don't lose your temper, try to bully, or refuse to listen to the opinions of other jurors. Don't mark or write on exhibits or otherwise change or injure them.
Juror One: Foreman of the jury who takes his/her authority seriously but not an overbearing leader. Juror Two: A meek hesitant person, who finds it difficult to maintain any opinion of his/her own.
In other districts the jurors elect their foreperson and in still other districts the first juror to enter the jury box becomes the foreperson automatically.
Even after a jury trial, a judge may order a new trial if a party proves a juror lied during voir dire and hid something that would have kept him or her off the jury.
This only happens in the most extreme cases because appeals courts will defer to the jury's verdict and review all evidence in the light most favorable to the prosecution. In Massachusetts and all other jurisdictions in the United States, jurors are not instructed that they can nullify a case.