Supreme Court of the United States
Warger v. Shauers
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- Opinion of the Court
- Filed
- Dec. 9, 2014
- Case
- Warger v. Shauers
- Case status
- Decided
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Justice SOTOMAYORdelivered the opinion of the Court. Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b)provides that certain juror testimony regarding what occurred in a jury room is inadmissible "[d]uring an inquiry into the validity of a verdict." The question presented in this case is whether Rule 606(b)precludes a party seeking a new trial from using one juror's affidavit of what another juror said in deliberations to demonstrate the other juror…
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