Evidence that a juror lied during questioning by lawyers before trial can not be used to support a motion for a new trial, a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday.
In October, during arguments in Warger v. Shauers, the justices seemed reluctant to open a door to new attacks on the validity of jury verdicts. In the high court’s first opinion of the term, Justice Sonia Sotomayor said that admitting evidence that a juror lied during voir dire would run afoul of a federal rule prohibiting “an inquiry into the validity of the verdict.”
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