Does a jury have a duty to keep out-of-court influences from influencing the course of a jury's verdict?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Crosswhite v. Municipal Court of Eureka Judicial Dist.,Humboldt County, 260 Cal.App.2d 428, 67 Cal.Rptr. 216 (Cal. App. 1968):

We are mindful of a court's high duty to keep out-of-court influences from directing the course of a jury's verdict. We give merited respect to the rule that 'the atmosphere essential to the preservation of a fair trial--the most fundamental[260 Cal.App.2d 434] of all freedoms--must be maintained at all costs.' (Estes v. State of Texas, 381 U.S. 532, 540, 85 S.Ct. 1628, 14 L.Ed.2d 543.) But as stated in Pennekamp v. State of Florida,

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