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Thursday, March 26, 2009
Ind. Courts - More on: "Judge Mary Harper is researching what information jurors are required to provide to attorneys"
Updating yesterday's ILB entry, the ILB received this note last evening from an Indiana deputy prosecutor:
Ms. Oddi, In response to your post today on privacy issues in jury questionnaires, I once assisted in the prosecution of a man who had previously been acquitted of murder. This person was also a drug dealer, and in the course of serving a search warrant at his residence a few years later, what did the police discover but the jury questionnaires from the murder trial!Needless to say I advised the Court of those facts and ensured all the questionnaires were collected at his drug trial.
I now do the same at all juries in which I take part. I have had some occasional balking from defense counsel and even some judges, but have never had a problem once I advise the Court of my previous experience. No Judge wants to deal with the possible risks of not collecting those questionnaires.
Enjoy your blog and read it every day.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on March 26, 2009 08:39 AM
Posted to Indiana Courts