State v. Davis — Uninvestigated juror communication requires new trial
The Court of Appeals reversed a murder conviction because the trial court failed to question a juror after credible evidence of discussions with an outsider.
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State v. Manigo — SC Court of Appeals Dismisses Pretrial Detainee’s Appeal of Order Releasing Jail Phone Calls as Non-Appealable Interlocutory Order
The South Carolina Court of Appeals dismissed a pretrial detainee’s appeal of a circuit court order releasing his jail telephone calls to the media, holding the order was non-appealable as interlocutory, and reaffirming that South Carolina requires evidence of actual juror bias rather than presumed prejudice from pretrial publicity.