Does a juror's misstatement of residency constitute prejudicial misconduct?

Defendant has not offered a single case in which a juror's misstatement of residencywhether inadvertent or intentionalhas been found to constitute prejudicial misconduct. In an effort at analogy, defendant offers People v. Blackwell (1987) 191 Cal.App.3d 925, 931, where a juror in the murder trial of a wife claiming self-defense lied about her own experience with an abusive husband. On voir dire, the juror was "asked if she had experienced any domestic or spousal violence in her family, and . . . responded negatively. When asked how she and her husband resolved their differences, she said 'by either one out talking the other or someone going outside and sulking.' In response to a question about her husband's drinking habits, she stated that, 'He drinks

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