In my limited experience and understanding, I would think any information pertaining to the case that is possible evidence would be presented to the court in order to determine the most appropriate verdict. So why seal documents if they could heavily impact the verdict? Isn’t that like saying “Hey, the defendants gun was recovered, but we’re going to set that fact aside, and you can’t use that against him.”
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It could be that it would prejudice the jury and the judge etc feel that it is not relevant to the case.
I have served on a jury – uk – were this happened: evidence of a minor crime was found during the investigation into a different crime; you are asked to pass verdict on the major crime without being influenced by the minor .
Think “did this person steal a car or did their friend loan them a stolen car?” vs “On searching them we found a[ small amount of cannabis in their pocket (UK)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabis_in_the_United_Kingdom#Legal_status)” – The case is about the car, the judge doesn’t want you to think “oh, they use drugs so they are bad people so they are of course lying about their friend loaning them this car & not knowing it was stolen”.
Or “she put herself through college by working in a strip club, so 10 years later she isn’t a fit mom so should not get custody of her kids”
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