McQuarrie v. Texas (Original)
Annotate this CaseAppellant Thomas McQuarrie was convicted of sexual assault. The trial court denied his motion for new trial, which alleged that after having retired to deliberate, the jury received other evidence not then admitted by the court that was detrimental to Appellant's case. The Thirteenth Court of Appeals affirmed, holding that the trial court properly excluded the jurors' affidavits and testimony pursuant to Texas Rule of Evidence 606(b) and that Rule 606(b) was constitutional. Upon review, the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the court of appeals. The trial court abused its discretion in excluding the jurors' testimony and affidavits offered by Appellant at the hearing on his motion for new trial, and the court of appeals erred to hold otherwise. The internet research conducted by a juror about the effects of date rape drugs constituted an "outside influence."
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