California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from The People v. Jimenez, C063761, No. 07F02708 (Cal. App. 2010):
A jury's verdict may not be impeached by inquiry into the "jurors' mental processes or reasons for assent or dissent'"; evidence of how a juror "^"understood the trial court's instructions is not competent."'" (People v. Steele (2002) 27 Cal.4th 1230, 1261; see also Evid. Code, 1150 ["[n]o evidence is admissible... concerning the mental processes by which [a verdict] was determined"].)
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