Privacy
Whether a juror who failed to disclose during jury selection that she was a victim of sexual abuse should have been disqualified
QUESTIONS PRESENTED Whether a juror who failed to disclose during jury selection that she was a victim of sexual abuse should have been disqualified after she revealed the information in an emotional outburst during deliberations in a rape prosecution? Whether County Court's failure to conduct a probing and tactful inquiry to determine if this juror was grossly unqualified constitutes a mode of proceedings error? Whether defense counsel's ignorance of the proper procedure, and failure to object to the court's insufficient inquiry as to whether the juror was grossly unqualified, constitutes ineffective assistance of counsel? . ie