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UNITED STATES v. JEFFERSON

No. 76-1885. Summary Calendar.

569 F.2d 260 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joe Frederick JEFFERSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 8, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Tinker (Court-appointed), A. Deniz Tor, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

J. A. Canales, U. S. Atty., Mary L. Sinderson, George A. Kelt, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., Robert A. Berg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG, RONEY and FAY, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

At the start of this criminal trial, the district court denied defense counsel's request to question the jurors regarding any jury service they may have had in the seven week interim period since they were first designated to sit on this case. Under the holding in our recent case of United States v. Mutchler, 559 F.2d 955 (5th Cir. 1977), this inquiry should have been made. Whether or not this was reversible...

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