State v. Ess
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of two counts of first-degree statutory sodomy, two counts of second-degree statutory sodomy, and one count of attempted first-degree child molestation. The Supreme Court reversed, holding (1) one juror committed misconduct by intentionally withholding material information related to the lawsuit, specifically that the juror formed an opinion about Defendant’s guilt or innocence during voir dire in direct contravention of the circuit court’s instructions that he was prohibited from forming or expressing any opinion about the case; and (2) the evidence was insufficient to convict Defendant of attempted first-degree child molestation.
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