California Bar v. Wilson [1]

The California Bar suspended Frank Russell Wilson for failing to disclose he that he was an attorney and blogging about a trial while serving as a juror.

Wilson served a juror during the trial of a man charged with five counts of felony burglary. He did not disclose that he was an attorney during jury selection. According to the California Bar Journal [2], even though the "judge cautioned jurors not to discuss the case both in writing and orally . . . Wilson posted an entry on his blog that identified the crimes, the first name of the defendant and the name of the judge, whom he described as 'a stern, attentive woman with thin red hair and long, spidery fingers that as a grandkid you probably wouldn’t want snapped at you.''' As a result of Wilson's blogging, the court of appeal vacated the judgment in the burglary case.

Wilson was given a 45 day suspension and two years probation.