United States v. Martin P. Rutherford Nanja Rutherford

REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Martin P. and Nanja Rutherford, who were found guilty of two counts of tax evasion, appeal the district court’s denial of their motion for a new trial on grounds of jury intimidation, tampering, and misconduct. They assert three errors on appeal. They first contend that the district court erred in concluding that jurors’ statements that they discussed Mrs. Rutherford failure to testify at trial were inadmissible under Fed.R.Evid. 606(b). We reject this contention and affirm the district court on this point. They also assert that the jury was prejudiced because a large…