United States v. Blair

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

AUBREY E. ROBINSON, Jr., District Judge.

This case is before the Court on a Motion for a New Trial filed by the defendant Blair. The Government has filed an Opposition thereto. A hearing was held pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 606(b), wherein testimony of two jurors was received. For the reasons discussed below, this Court finds that extraneous information improperly entered into the jury’s deliberations, thereby creating a reasonable possibility of prejudice to defendant Blair. Because the particular facts involved in this case are critical to this Court’s decision,…