Miscellaneous

The Case of the Noisy Jurors

By Anne Skove, Esq.

Jurors are deliberating. Everyone waits. Everyone overhears, because the jurors are loud. A reporter (yes, a few still exist) Twitters as he listens.

You're the judge in the case. What do you do?

• a) Shush the jurors


• b) Turn up the radio so nobody can overhear deliberations


• c) Close the courtroom

A Lake County, Ohio, judge chose C, but not without a fight from the defense.

See Sent Packing: Judge Orders Courtroom Closed, Katy Sweeny, Record-Bee (August 19, 2009).

(By the way, the jury found the defendant not guilty on various BUI-related charges.)

Full post as published by court-o-rama.org on August 20, 2009 (boomark / email).