An Appellate Division panel on Wednesday stated its strong disapproval of judges chatting with jurors after trial, noting they run the significant risk that one or more jurors will say something that then becomes an issue with respect to the verdict reached.
That happened in the case at bar, in Davis v. Husain, A-2691-11, though the judges found a jurors comment that the defendant did not touch the Bible when taking the oath before testifying did not necessitate a new trial.