Does a prospective juror's comments during the jury selection process influence the jury's deliberations?

Further, the trial court specifically admonished the venire that nothing that was said by anyone during the jury selection process was evidence, and that they were not to consider any comments made during that time during the jury's deliberations. We presume that the jury understood and followed the court's instructions. (See, e.g., People v. Sanchez (2001) 26 Cal.4th 834, 852 [jurors are presumed to be able to understand and correlate instructions and are presumed to follow the court's instructions].) In light of this, and in light of the fact that each person who ultimately served on the jury affirmed his/her ability to be impartial and fair, there is no reason to believe that Prospective Juror Number One's comments affected the jurors' ability to consider the evidence presented and to decide, impartially and without outside influence, whether the defendant was guilty of the charged offenses.

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