Legal Opinion
United States v. Olano
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 26, 1993No. 91-1306PublishedCited by 12,445 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice O’Connor
The question in this case is whether the presence of alternate jurors during jury deliberations was a “plain error” that the Court of Appeals was authorized to correct under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 52(b).
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Each of the respondents, Guy W. Olano, Jr., and Raymond M. Gray, served on the board of directors of a savings and loan association. In 1986, the two were indicted in the Western District of Washington on multiple federal charges for their participation in an elaborate loan “kickback” scheme. Their joint jury trial with five other codefendants commenced in March 1987. All of the…
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