Can bias of a single juror deprive a criminal defendant of his constitutional right to impartiality?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Jackson, B275658 (Cal. App. 2017):

The bias of a single juror may deprive a criminal defendant of his constitutional right to a trial by impartial jurors. (People v. Nesler (1997) 16 Cal.4th 561, 578.) But the reviewing court

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