Could being Facebook "friends" overturn a conviction?

Blogging lawyers and tweeting jurors already are under scrutiny as social media invades the country’s courtrooms.

Now, a Wilmington woman found guilty of battering a child wants her conviction overturned partly because members of her alleged victim’s family are Facebook “friends” with her judge’s children. They could take their argument to a Joliet courtroom Wednesday.
Kelly A. Klein and her attorney, Steven Becker, argue in court filings that Will County Judge Daniel Rozak should have recused himself before presiding over Klein’s bench trial and finding her guilty in June. They’ve filled her case file with printouts of his son’s and daughters’ Facebook pages, and they claim the relationship between the Rozaks and the Basham Family goes deeper than a simple social-media connection.
“It is now apparent that the Facebook friendships between the Rozaks and the Bashams are only the tip of the iceberg,” Becker wrote.http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/9422311-417/facebook-friends-of-will-county-judges-children-at-issue-in-new-trial-bid.html?intcmp=emailheadlines