Legal Opinion
Leeper v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 16, 1990No. 88-1509PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
As Orlando R. Leeper’s trial was proceeding to its conclusion, one of the jurors received the news that her mother had died. Unfortunately, though perhaps understandably given the tragic circumstances, the juror did not report the death, and her consequent unavailability, to the judge until the two alternate jurors had been released. This case chronicles the judge’s attempt to save the trial by recalling one of the alternates and raises the question whether Leeper’s substantial rights were violated when the former alternate was seated as a juror. Concluding that the…
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