United States v. George W. Price, United States of America v. Jose Mireles

FAY, Circuit Judge:

The defendants in the above-styled cases contend, inter alia, that the trial court committed reversible error in refusing to quash the jury panels on the basis of interim jury service in similar cases between the time the panels were selected and the commencement of the trials. We have concluded that although the disposition of this issue should be determined favorably to the defendants according to our recent pronouncements in United States v. Mutchler 1 and United States v. Jefferson, 2 each defendant is entitled to a new trial in any event due to the significant delay…