Can a jury's verdict be impeached by inquiry into their mental processes or reasons for dissent?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Jimenez, C063761, No. 07F02708 (Cal. App. 2010):
A jury's verdict may not be impeached by inquiry into the "jurors' mental processes or reasons for assent or dissent'"; evidence of how a juror "^"understood the trial court's instructions is not competent."'" (People v. Steele (2002) 27 Cal.4th 1230, 1261; see also Evid. Code, 1150 ["[n]o evidence is admissible... concerning the mental processes by which [a verdict] was determined"].)
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