Opinion
No. 15-KP-1419
06-17-2016
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANK FORD COSEY
On Supervisory Writ from the 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge :
Granted in part; otherwise denied. The district court's ruling is reversed to the extent it found relator's allegations of juror misconduct warranted exploration at an evidentiary hearing. Under the "jury shield law," see La.C.E. art. 606(B), courts are prohibited from inquiring into the deliberative process except where there exists evidence of extraneous prejudicial influence. Defendant has not made a threshold showing that any extraneous prejudicial information influenced the deliberations and therefore no evidentiary exploration of his allegations is warranted. In all other respects, the writ is denied.