Gerald A. Amirault v. Michael v. Fair

Gerald Amirault brings this habeas petition challenging his state court conviction on seven counts of indecent assault and battery of a child, and on eight counts of rape of a child. Amirault claims that a juror’s failure to disclose a material fact during voir dire questioning violated his Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury and that improper remarks made by the prosecutor denied his right to a fair trial. The federal district court denied Amirault’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Juror Misconduct

Two days after the jury reached its verdict, defense counsel received…