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This legal document, filed on March 15, 2022, analyzes the testimony of Juror 50 regarding his answers on a jury questionnaire, specifically Question 48. Juror 50 explains that any inaccuracies were unintentional, attributing them to distractions and a desire to finish quickly, rather than a deliberate attempt to be selected for the jury. The document cites legal precedents to argue that the juror's credibility is not diminished, as jurors are not held to the same standards as lawyers.
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| Juror 50 | Juror |
Testified about his answers on a jury questionnaire, specifically Question 48, explaining his state of mind and denyi...
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Key Quotes (12)
"sheer volume of people there."Source
— Juror 50
(Explaining why he never expected to actually serve on the jury.)
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"growing up in school I never wanted to be last one finished. You want to finish your test and go hang out with your friends. So it’s kind[] of that same policy . . . everyone else is finishing . . . I’m like: I’m never going to get chosen, let’s get this done with."Source
— Juror 50
(Explaining his mindset of wanting to finish the questionnaire quickly.)
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"was still . . . in focus and in the zone"Source
— Juror 50
(Describing his state of mind during the earlier questions of the questionnaire.)
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"had more focus than [he] did at the end and less distractions, so it was easier to follow along."Source
— Juror 50
(Contrasting his focus on earlier questions with his lack of focus on later questions.)
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"[a]bsolutely [did] not” “in any way intentionally provide an inaccurate answer"Source
— Juror 50
(Testifying about his answer to Question 48.)
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"[a]bsolutely [did] not” answer no to Question 48 to “make it more likely that [he] would be selected for the jury"Source
— Juror 50
(Denying he answered inaccurately to get on the jury.)
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"[n]ot at all” try to tailor his answers about his history of sexual abuse to “make it more likely that [he] would be selected for the jury."Source
— Juror 50
(Denying he tailored his answers to be selected for the jury.)
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"this is never anything that [he] intended or did on purpose,"Source
— Juror 50
(Emphatically denying any intentional wrongdoing in his questionnaire answers.)
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"certainly wouldn’t have put [him]self in . . . this position."Source
— Juror 50
(Further denying any intentional wrongdoing.)
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"honestly didn’t think about it."Source
— Juror 50
(Testifying about his state of mind when answering Question 48, explaining he didn't realize at the time it was asking about his own experience.)
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"Called as they are from all walks of life, many [jurors] may be uncertain as to the meaning of terms."Source
— McDonough, 464 U.S. at 555
(Cited as legal precedent to support the argument that jurors cannot be held to the standard of trained lawyers.)
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"[W]e must be tolerant, as jurors may forget incidents long buried in their minds, misunderstand a question or bend the truth a bit to avoid embarrassment."Source
— Dyer v. Calderon, 151 F.3d 970, 973 (9th Cir. 1998)
(Cited as legal precedent to argue for tolerance towards jurors' potential inaccuracies.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 648 Filed 03/15/22 Page 6 of 16
questions, there was papers being ripped off the questionnaire packets, and there’s a lot of talking going on, and it’s super distracting.” (Id. at 12:12-20, 14:11-12). He candidly told the Court that he wanted to finish the questionnaire, and that he never expected to actually serve on the jury, given the “sheer volume of people there.” (Id. at 12:2-3, 12:17, 13:18, 14:12-13; see also id. at 18:6-11 (explaining that “growing up in school I never wanted to be last one finished. You want to finish your test and go hang out with your friends. So it’s kind[] of that same policy . . . everyone else is finishing . . . I’m like: I’m never going to get chosen, let’s get this done with.”)). He contrasted filling out the later questions of the questionnaire with the earlier questions where he “was still . . . in focus and in the zone” and “had more focus than [he] did at the end and less distractions, so it was easier to follow along.” (Id. at 19:14-20).²
Juror 50 testified that he “[a]bsolutely [did] not” “in any way intentionally provide an inaccurate answer” to Question 48; that he “[a]bsolutely [did] not” answer no to Question 48 to “make it more likely that [he] would be selected for the jury”; and that he did “[n]ot at all” try to tailor his answers about his history of sexual abuse to “make it more likely that [he] would be selected for the jury.” (Id. at 15:23-16:8). And he was emphatic that “this is never anything that [he] intended or did on purpose,” and he “certainly wouldn’t have put [him]self in . . . this position.” (Id. at 23:2-8).
² To be sure, Juror 50 should have realized that Question 48 was asking about his own experience and not just those of family and friends, given the purpose of the questionnaire. But as he testified, while he realizes in retrospect that this is information the parties would have wanted to know, at the time he “honestly didn’t think about it.” (Mar. 8, 2022 Tr. at 21:17-22:3). Given Juror 50’s testimony about his lack of focus at this point in the questionnaire, and the fact that jurors cannot be held to the standard of trained lawyers, this fact does not detract from his credibility. See McDonough, 464 U.S. at 555 (“Called as they are from all walks of life, many [jurors] may be uncertain as to the meaning of terms.”); Dyer v. Calderon, 151 F.3d 970, 973 (9th Cir. 1998) (“[W]e must be tolerant, as jurors may forget incidents long buried in their minds, misunderstand a question or bend the truth a bit to avoid embarrassment.”).
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