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For the record, when I was on Jury Duty, I never did this. My phone only turned on outside the actual courtroom.
iPhones Causing Mistrials? Google, Twitter, and Wikipedia Out of Order? | The iPhone Blog.
March 18th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Another article I saw also mentioned use in the jury room, which while technically OK, definitely could influence the outcome of the trial with outside information.
It will be harder and harder to ask citizens to ignore all evidence that they can gather in this information age in lieu of only listening to the arguments presented within the confines of the courtroom.