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U.S. v. BISHAWI

No. 97-40044.

186 F.Supp.2d 889 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Ahmad BISHAWI, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois, Benton Division.

February 25, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patty Merkamp Stemler, U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Eric W. Butts, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

The late Paul E. Riley, United States District Judge for the Southern District of Illinois, had a penchant for communicating ex parte with jurors in cases in which he was the presiding judge.1

Sometimes the communications involved benign subjects such as the weather or televisions programs, but sometimes he commented upon the evidence presented at trial. Such conduct...

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