Jury secrecy is considered sacrosanct, as is a criminal defendant’s right to an impartial panel. In a petition filed with the U.S. Supreme Court, a convicted murderer is asking the justices what should guide a judge in a criminal trial who investigates jurors’ claims that a possible holdout refuses to deliberate.
It’s not exactly the classic movie “12 Angry Men,” but Miguel Gonzalez says he believes his trial judge’s dismissal of a holdout juror—accused by fellow jurors of failing to deliberate—meant the difference between conviction and acquittal, or, at the least, the loss of a mistrial. And, the petition contends, it violated his Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury.
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