Contact with Jurors

West Virginia Trial Court Rules

Rule: 4.09.

Jurisdiction: WV

Bluebook Citation: W.Va. Tr. Ct. R. 4.09.

No party, nor his or her agent or attorney, shall communicate or attempt to communicate with any member of the jury or any member of the juror's immediate family who resides in the same household, until that juror has been excused from further service for a particular term of court, without first applying for (with notice to all other parties) and obtaining an order allowing such communication. The application shall contain a description of the proposed contact, and an executed certificate by each person involved that no inappropriate contact will be made. The circuit court shall liberally grant the request.

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