U.S. v. SPURLOCK

No. 86-7082.

811 F.2d 1461 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert T. SPURLOCK, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Strealy, Schnetzler & Strealy, Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant-appellant.

J.B. Sessions, U.S. Atty., Ginny S. Granade, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HILL and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this case, we review the district court's ruling that an improper conversation between a juror and the juror's mother regarding the case the juror was deciding did not prejudice the criminal defendant on trial. We affirm.

In 1980, a grand jury indicted Robert T. Spurlock, the appellant, with other persons, on one count of conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 371) and two counts of misapplication of bank funds (18 U.S.C. § 656). The...

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