United States v. Greer

OPINION AND ORDER

SESSIONS, District Judge.

On June 30, 1997, Defendants filed a Motion for New Trial (Paper 448) pursuant to Fed. R. Cr. P. 29. They rely upon a newspaper article indicating that one juror was related to a person mentioned during testimony as having purchased ten pounds of hashish from Defendant William Greer in the early 1980’s. They also assert that the juror disclosed this relationship to other jurors but not to the Court or counsel. In addition, a mutual Mend of the juror and one of the Defendants contacted the juror and urged lenience; the juror told some of the other…