California Appeals Panel Finds No Error In Juror’s Excuse From Fraud Case

Mealey's (February 5, 2019, 1:27 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A juror was properly excused from an insurance fraud trial for failing to deliberate, a California appeals panel ruled Jan. 31 in upholding a man’s conviction of two counts of insurance fraud, finding that the presiding judge did not err when relying on the notes and testimony of another juror (People of the State of California v. Adam Scott Ravaglia, No. A149657, Calif. App., 1st Dist., 3rd Div., 2019 Calif. Unpub. LEXIS 798)....