In People v. Hines (1997) 15 Cal.4th 997, two jurors received telephone calls from defendant at home, and discussed the calls with individuals outside the jury, including the police. ( Id. at pp. 1053-1054.) The Supreme Court ruled: "Defendant is barred from complaining about any conceivable misconduct . . . in accepting his call because he invited any 'misconduct' by making the telephone call in the first place. Nor did the jurors act improperly when they discussed the calls with others: Although they were not permitted to discuss the facts of defendant's case with others, this prohibition did not extend to the telephone calls he made to them." ( Id. at p. 1054.)