When will a judge speak privately and off the record to a juror to convince him to remain on the jury after he had requested to be excused?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Lustig, 555 F.2d 737 (9th Cir. 1977):
"We conclude that defendants' rights were not violated. This circuit has previously held that it was not improper near the end of a trial for a judge to speak privately and off the record to a juror to convince him to remain on the jury after he had requested to be excused for reasons of personal hardship. United States v. Woodner, 317 F.2d 649, 652 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 375 U.S. 903, 84 S.Ct. 192, 11 L.Ed.2d 144 (1963). As we said
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