Advisory Jury

• Advisory Jury

A jury that makes recommendations to a judge but does not render final judgment. Advisory juries are authorized by Rule 39(...

• West's Encyclopedia of American Law
• A–Ba

• Shooting Justified, Inquest Finds; Jury Unanimous in Advisory Verdict to Clear Officer in Prado's Death

In a case that prosecutors conceded had some troubling evidence to suggest a crime might have occurred, an inquest jury on Friday followed a long tradition and recommended that a Milwaukee police officer be cleared in the off-duty shooting death of 25-year-old William Javier Prado, killed by eight bullets from behind in a south side alley in March. The jury's unanimous but advisory verdict found that Alfonzo Glover, 34, who shot 19 times at the unarmed Prado after an extended traffic encounter and brief foot chase, was justified in his actions because of his right to self-defense, his right to use force in the course of an arrest, or a combination of both privileges.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• May 28, 2005

• Turturice v. AEP Energy Servs., Inc., (Ohio 2008)

Trial court did not err in empaneling advisory jury to hear employee's equitable claims against former employer, then disregarding jury's recommendation on certain claims and entering judgment for defendant employer.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Road to Paxil Advisory Led From Cheyenne Jury

CHEYENNE -- A U.S. District Court jury's verdict here likely played a role in the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision to issue a public health advisory last month on the use of antidepressants by adults and children. The agency is asking manufacturers to change the labels of 10 drugs, including Paxil, to display stronger warnings about the need to monitor patients for worsening depression and suicidal thinking.

• Wyoming Tribune - Eagle
• October 05, 2005

• Appointe v. Seecharan, (Ohio 2006)

Personal Injury; Supplemental Complaint; Lack of Cooperation; Advisory Jury.

• Ohio Supreme Court

• Commentary: Judge On the Jury: Jurors and the Internet, and Other Developments

The issue of jurors using the Internet continues to pop up all over the country. I personally had to deal with it in the State v. Dixon case, where jurors were alleged to have been communicating about the case on Facebook during the trial. I can't discuss that case at this writing, but note that ideas and proposals continue to blossom for dealing with the juror who is used to putting his ideas and thoughts out to the world instantaneously and receiving unfiltered information from his electronic devices. For example, Wisconsin has adopted a new advisory jury instruction which reads:

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• February 15, 2010

• Publication Advisory: Tort Bench and Jury Trials in State Courts, 2005 Released

To: NATIONAL EDITORS Contact: Kara McCarthy of the Office of Justice Programs - U.S. Department of Justice, +1-202-307-1241

• U.S. Newswire
• November 06, 2009

• Harris v. Alabama, 513 U.S. 504 (1995)

..., but requires the judge to "consider" an advisory jury verdict. Mter convicting petitioner Harris of...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Oci Wyoming, L.P., a Delaware Limited Partnership, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Pacificorp, an Oregon Corporation, Defendant-Appellee., 479 F.3d 1199 (10th Cir. 2007)

... both parties waived their right to a jury trial, the district court announced at the final p... conference its intention to impanel an advisory jury. After a nine-day trial, the advisory jury de...

• Federal Circuits

• Inquest Jury Clears Officer; Advisory Panel Says He Acted in Self- Defense When He Shot, Killed Man

After deliberating less than an hour, an inquest jury Thursday found that a Milwaukee police officer acted in self-defense when he fatally shot an unarmed man in the back Jan. 11. Officer Richard Hoffman, 24, testified Wednesday that he shot Joseph Evans, 40, because Evans reached for the officer's gun while they scuffled in an alley in the 3400 block of N. 24th St. Hoffman said he feared Evans would get the gun and kill him and his partner.

• The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
• July 07, 2006