Johnson v. United States

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

In these appeals from their convictions 1 by a jury after a ten day trial, appellants assign a number of errors as requiring reversal. They contend that (1) the trial judge erred in communicating ex parte when he directed a witness to return to court and excused a juror, (2) the trial judge erred in denying their motions to dismiss the indictments for violation of the right to an independent grand jury, and (3) the prosecutor improperly used grand jury testimony to impeach a witness without leave of court. They also contend that reversal of their convictions is…