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How does the jury misconduct claims reflect badly on Judge Koh ? She didn't pick the jury. Samsung's and Apple's lawyers did.
by taligent 14y ago
How does the jury misconduct claims reflect badly on Judge Koh ?
She didn't pick the jury. Samsung's and Apple's lawyers did.
- jacquesm 14y agoHer ruling apparently was that there was no misconduct. Normally when there is jury misconduct a mistrial is declared, no matter who picked the jury. Jury misconduct has nothing to do with who picked them but everything with having a fair trial. So for Judge Koh to declare that there was no jury misconduct here means that she's essentially saying that she did her job well by not declaring a mistrial. But with the statements made by some of the jurors it is not all that evident that there was no jury misconduct and it should (imo) have been another judge to confirm that, not judge Koh.
- Tyrannosaurs 14y agoUnless I've misunderstood there's no suggestion she acted improperly during the trial - the information that suggests the foreman was essentially biased based on his previous experiences only came up after the trial. At that point Koh is essentially in the same position as the rest of us - she has to judge the information now available to her which she's done and evidently decided it's not an issue. But she has nothing to be defensive about and I see no reason why another judge would need to look at it. She could declare a mistrial without it looking bad on her in any way at all.