People v. Jackson

This case presents question as to whether defendant is entitled to new trial on murder charge, where, upon defense counsel’s request to poll jury, trial court asked only 11 out of 12 jurors whether signed verdict forms represented their verdict, and where trial court dismissed jury without polling 12th juror. Appellate Court, in remanding matter for new trial, found that leaving even one juror out of jury poll calls into question integrity of judicial process, and thus trial court’s failure to ask 12 juror whether verdict forms represented his verdict constituted second-prong plain error that required reversal and remand for new trial. (Dissent filed.)