U.S. v. DUTKEL

No. 98-55338.

192 F.3d 893 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Vernon DUTKEL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Horowitz, Oakland, California, for the defendant-appellant.

Ellyn Marcus Lindsay, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, California, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: KOZINSKI and O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judges, and LOVELL, District Judge.


Opinion by Judge KOZINSKI; Concurrence by Judge O'SCANNLAIN.

KOZINSKI, Circuit Judge:

Because impartial jurors are the cornerstone of our system of justice and central to the Sixth Amendment's promise of a fair trial, we "guard jealously the sanctity of the jury's right to operate as freely as possible from outside unauthorized intrusions purposefully made." Remmer v. United States, 350 U.S. 377, 382, 76 S.Ct. 425, 100...

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