In People v. Pinholster (1992) 1 Cal.4th 865, the defendant argued that certain jurors had committed misconduct by reading a newspaper article about the prosecutor. (Id. at p. 926.) The trial court questioned the jurors as a group; it allowed defense counsel question them as a group, too, but defense counsel did not do so. The trial court instructed the jurors to disregard the article. (Id. at pp. 926-927.) On appeal, the defendant argued that the trial court should have questioned the jurors individually. (People v. Pinholster, supra, 1 Cal.4th at pp. 927-928.) The Supreme Court disagreed, stating: "Counsel declined the opportunity to question the jury as a group on the article. Under the circumstances, even if we were of the view that the trial court should have inquired more fully into the question of misconduct, no prejudice appears." (Id. at p. 928.)