Is evidence that shows the effect of a statement, conduct, condition, or event upon a juror admissible to impeach a jury verdict?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jackson, A151120 (Cal. App. 2019):
7. Evidence that shows the effect of a statement, conduct, condition, or event upon a juror is not admissible to impeach a jury verdict. (Evid. Code, 1150, subd. (a); People v. Elkins (1981) 123 Cal.App.3d 632, 638 ["The subjective quality of one juror's reasoning is not purged by the fact that another juror heard and remembers the verbalization of that reasoning"].)
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