Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

I was a character wirness in my husbands case of unarmed robbery. He has been sentenced to prison for the crime and is now doing his prison sentence of 15 yrs. His case is in appeals process. My question is this; I know during the time of trial I am not permitted to contact Jury members, but now that the trial is over am I allowed to legally talk to a juror that I knew years before the crime was even commited? The fact that I knew the jurror directly prior to all this even coming about (not on good terms) is included in his appeal (prejudice and biased jurror)


Asked on 4/19/11, 9:54 am

1 Answer from Attorneys
Craig Epifanio Craig Epifanio, P.A.

Since your husband has an appeal pending, I wouldn't advise it. It may affect the appeal adversely. Generally speaking a person can talk to them but ONLY WITH THEIR PERMISSION, for example an attorney may ask a juror why they voted the way they did. But the juror is legally allowed to refuse to talk to anyone and courts will protect that juror's right to not to discuss they case if they choose not to discuss it.

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Answered on 4/19/11, 1:37 pm


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