California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Perez, B255893 (Cal. App. 2016):
any other lawful purpose.'" (People v. Carrasco (2008) 163 Cal.App.4th 978, 989.) "Code of Civil Procedure section 237, subdivision (b) provides that '[t]he petition shall be supported by a declaration that includes facts sufficient to establish good cause for the release of the juror's personal identifying information.' Absent a showing of good cause for the release of the information, the public interest in the integrity of the jury system and the jurors' right to privacy outweighs the defendant's interest in disclosure. [Citations.]" (People v. McNally (2015) 236 Cal.App.4th 1419, 1430.) "The statutory provisions clearly indicate an intent to restrict the defendant from receiving juror personal information unless necessary." (People v. Granish (1996) 41 Cal.App.4th 1117, 1128.)
"Good cause, in the context of a petition for disclosure to support a motion for a new trial based on juror misconduct, requires 'a sufficient showing to support a reasonable belief that jury misconduct occurred . . . .' [Citations.] Good cause does not exist where the allegations of jury misconduct are speculative, conclusory, vague, or unsupported. [Citation.] We review the denial of a petition for disclosure for an abuse of discretion. [Citations.]" (People v. Cook (2015) 236 Cal.App.4th 341, 345-346.)
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