California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Corona v. Superior Court, 101 Cal.Rptr. 411, 24 Cal.App.3d 872 (Cal. App. 1972):
2 'Among these 'legal procedures' (essential to a fair adjudication of guilt) is the requirement that the jury's verdict be based on evidence received in open court, not from outside sources.' (Sheppard v. Maxwell (1966) 384 U.S. 333, 351, 86 S.Ct. 1507, 1516, 16 L.Ed.2d 600.)
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