Regina v JP (No 1) [2013] NSWSC 1678

The juror's Internet legal research breached the trial directions and s 68C of the Jury Act 1977, amounting to misconduct; upon that finding, s 53A required the juror to be discharged from the jury.

Jurisdiction: Australia
Judgment Date: 30 October 2013
Procedural Posture: Criminal Proceeding / Procedural Ruling on Discharge of Juror
Outcome: Juror discharged from the jury.
Legal Topics: ['juror Misconduct' 'internet Research by Juror' 'discharge of Juror' 'jury Directions']

['criminal Law'] ['juror Misconduct' 'internet Research by Juror' 'discharge of Juror' 'jury Directions']

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Procedural Posture

Criminal Proceeding / Procedural Ruling on Discharge of Juror

Legal Issues

1 ['Whether a juror who undertook legal research by way of an Internet search engaged in misconduct requiring discharge under s 53A of the Jury Act 1977.']

Ratio Decidendi

The juror's Internet legal research breached the trial directions and s 68C of the Jury Act 1977, amounting to misconduct; upon that finding, s 53A required the juror to be discharged from the jury.

Court Disposition

Juror discharged from the jury.

Orders

['Order that the juror be discharged from the jury pursuant to s 53A of the Jury Act 1977.']