WILLIAMS

v.

UNITED STATES

Citator

Cited By (15 total)

• Baptist Hosp. OF Miami, Inc. v. Maler, 579 So. 2d 97 (Fla. 1991)
  …processes, or mistaken beliefs of jurors. § 90.607(2)(b), Fla.Stat.Ann. (1987) (Law Revision Council Note—1976). Jurors may not even testify that they misunderstood the applicable law. Id.; Songer v. State, 463 So. 2d 229, 231 (Fla.), cert. denied, 472 U.S. 1012, 105 S.Ct. 2713, 86 L.Ed.2d 728 (1985). This rule rests on a fundamental policy that litigation will be extended needlessly if the motives of jurors are subject to challenge. Branch v. State, 212 So. 2d 29, 32 (Fla. 2d DCA 1968). The rule also rests…
• State v. Thewell Eugene Hamilton, 574 So. 2d 124 (Fla. 1991)
  …ocesses, or mistaken beliefs of jurors.8 § 90.607(2)(b), Fla.Stat.Ann. (1987) (Law Revision Council Note — 1976). Jurors may not even testify that they misunderstood the applicable law. Id.; Songer v. State, 463 So. 2d 229, 231 (Fla.), cert. denied, 472 U.S. 1012, 105 S.Ct. 2713, 86 L.Ed.2d 728 (1985). This rule rests on a fundamental policy that litigation will be extended needlessly if the motives of jurors are subject to challenge. Branch v. State, 212 So. 2d 29, 32 (Fla. 2d DCA 1968). The rule also rests…
• Johnson v. State, 593 So. 2d 206 (Fla. 1992)
  …ate, 527 So. 2d 179, 181 (Fla.), cert. denied, 488 U.S. 960, 109 S.Ct. 404, 102 L.Ed.2d 392 (1988); accord § 90.607(2)(b), Fla.Stat. (1985).5 This rule has also been applied in capital cases. See Songer v. State, 463 So. 2d 229 (Fla.), cert. denied, 472 U.S. 1012, 105 S.Ct. 2713, 86 L.Ed.2d 728 (1985). In the instant case, the jury foreman was questioned about jury pollings during deliberations and the jury’s understanding of the court’s instructions. This testimony “essentially inheres in the verdict” as i…