Legal Opinion
United States v. John Josefik and Charles Soteras
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 22, 1985No. 83-2600, 83-2607PublishedCited by 102 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
Josefik and Soteras were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess, and possession of, more than 1,000 cases of Chivas Regal scotch stolen from an interstate shipment (18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 659), and each was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined $7,000. They appeal on several grounds, the first being that the judge violated Rule 24(c) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure by recalling an alternate juror.
At the end of the trial, the remaining alternate was excused and the jury retired to deliberate. This was at 5:45 p.m. but the jury had dinner before its…
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