( CNN ) -- The North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation said Tuesday it will look into alleged juror misconduct in the murder trial of Jason Young , a man convicted of beating his pregnant wife to death . Judge Donald Stephens requested the investigation after receiving information from employees of a TV station concerning Facebook posts by people who purported to know that a juror might have improperly discussed the trial with members of the public . `` In spite of the fact that this type of gossip is usually baseless , any information reported to the court that challenges the integrity of a jury verdict has to be investigated . The integrity of the court system is more important than any person , any case , or any verdict , '' he wrote in a letter addressed to the director of the SBI . N.C. Department of Justice spokeswoman Noelle Talley later said that the SBI would open an investigation . To his letter , Stephens attached a copy of the social media conversation in question , in which one post reads : `` My hairdresser is friends with a woman in the jury . She was supposedly texting her telling her how the vote was going . '' If the allegations of juror misconduct prove true , they would also have to be shown to have had an impact on deliberations to affect the verdict , said Assistant District Attorney Howard Cummings . `` I still have all the faith in the jury , '' he said , characterizing the claims as unsubstantiated and `` just junk . '' Months after his first trial ended in a hung jury , Young , 37 , was convicted this week of first-degree murder . Jason Young convicted of beating pregnant wife to death . Michelle Young was discovered dead in 2006 in the bedroom of her Raleigh home . Her husband , Jason , first went on trial in June but a jury could not unanimously agree on a verdict . But that was not the case Monday , when several of Michelle Young 's relatives embraced and wiped away tears after this jury 's decision was announced . Afterward , Stephens ordered Young to be sentenced to life in prison without chance of parole . The defense had argued that intruders , and not the defendant , had killed Michelle Young . They pointed to what they described as holes in the prosecution 's case -- including the lack of blood in Jason Young 's car and on the jeans he supposedly wore the night his wife died . InSession 's Lena Jakobsson and Beth Karas contributed to this report .
Judge Donald Stephens requests the same . ` ` I still have all the votes in the jury , '' said an assistant district attorney . ' He was convicted of stabbing his pregnant wife to death . He was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole .