Vaughn v. United States

KERN, Associate Judge:

Appellant was charged with and convicted by a jury of possession of a narcotic drug. 1 The court sentenced him to one year in jail and ordered work release. In the instant appeal, we are urged to find reversible error in the trial court’s failure to grant a mistrial after it was discovered that two items not admitted into evidence were transmitted by mistake to the jury room. While we view the failure of the trial court to maintain the sanctity of the jury room as error, we conclude that appellant was not prejudiced and affirm the conviction.

Appellant was arrested just…