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U.S. v. BROWN

Nos. 86-3065 to 86-3073 and 86-3075.

823 F.2d 591 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America v. Warren BROWN, a/k/a Prince Asiel, et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Edward Bruce (Appointed by this Court), with whom Richard A. Friedman and William J. Garber, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellants, Warren Brown, James B. Stone, Gerald E. Bethea, J.C. Vortis, Gregory Coles, Thomas Cavin, Darryl Grissom and Kenneth E. Robinson in Nos. 86-3065, 86-3066, 86-3067, 86-3068, 86-3069, 86-3071, 86-3072, 86-3073 and 86-3075.

David B. Smith (Appointed by this Court), for appellant, Cordell Debardelaben in No. 86-3070.

Russell D. Duncan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Joseph E. diGenova, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Farrell and Joseph M. Hannon, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Warren Brown entered an appearance pro se in No. 86-3065.

James B. Stone entered an appearance pro se in No. 86-3066.

Gerald E. Bethea entered an appearance pro se in No. 86-3067.

Thomas Cavin entered an appearance pro se in No. 86-3071.

Kenneth E. Robinson entered an appearance pro se in No. 86-3073.

Before MIKVA, BORK and D.H. GINSBURG, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge MIKVA.

MIKVA, Circuit Judge:

Appellants were convicted of a wide variety of criminal charges after thirteen weeks of trial and eight weeks of jury deliberations. We find that the district court's dismissal of a juror in the midst of the jury's lengthy deliberations deprived the appellants of their constitutional right to a unanimous jury. We must therefore reverse the convictions.

I. BACKGROUND

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