{"id":10285,"date":"2017-12-07T08:28:21","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T08:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10285"},"modified":"2017-12-08T08:37:21","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:37:21","slug":"polling-the-jury-a-procedure-whereby-each-juror-who-participated-in-the-verdict-is-asked-individually-if-they-support-the-verdict-or-if-they-were-coerced-or-induced-into-agreeing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10285","title":{"rendered":"Polling the Jury – a procedure whereby each juror who participated in the verdict is asked individually if they support the verdict, or if they were coerced or induced into agreeing"},"content":{"rendered":"

polling the jury<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Individually examining the jurors who participated in a verdict to ascertain whether they unanimously support the verdict. <\/span><\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Examining the jurors individually to ascertain whether they are unanimous in support of the verdict.\u00a0 53 Am J1st Trial \u00a7 1015<\/span>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A procedure whereby each juror is asked individually the finding at which he has arrived, creating individual responsibility by requiring each juror to answer for himself, and affording the court an opportunity to ascertain with certainty that a unanimous verdict has in fact been reached and that no juror has been coerced or induced to agree to a verdict to which he has not fully assented.\u00a0 21 Am J2d Crim L \u00a7 371<\/span>.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Jack Ballantine\u00a0(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Doctored<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations<\/strong>
\n<\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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