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Litigation

Jul. 6, 2012

Juror given reprieve from handing over Facebook records

The state Supreme Court has given a last minute reprieve to a Sacramento man who posted to Facebook information about a trial in which he was a juror.


By Emily Green


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO - The state Supreme Court has given a last-minute reprieve to a Sacramento man who posted to Facebook information about a trial in which he was a juror.


In late May, the 3rd District Court of Appeal ruled that the trial judge could compel the juror in question - given the pseudonym "Juror Number One" - to reveal his Facebook profile records. The case would have been sent back to...

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