STATE v. HURD

Docket: Fra-09-560.

8 A.3d 651 (2010)

2010 ME 118

STATE of Maine v. Ryan A. HURD.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided: November 16, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Hartley, Esq. (orally), Law Office of Richard L. Hartley, Bangor, ME, for Ryan Hurd.

James A. Andrews (orally), Assistant District Attorney, Franklin County District Attorney's Office, Farmington, ME, for the State of Maine.

Dissent: SILVER, and JABAR, JJ.


ALEXANDER, J.

[¶ 1] This appeal asks us to consider M.R. Evid. 606(b) and our prior precedents holding that, to protect the integrity of the jury deliberation and verdict announcement process, a trial court, once it has taken a verdict and discharged a jury, may not reconvene the jury, permit the jury to impeach its original verdict, accept a different verdict, and enter judgment in accordance with that different verdict.

[¶ 2] Ryan A. Hurd appeals...

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