U.S. v. FISHER

No. 89-5724.

912 F.2d 728 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Bedford FISHER, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 30, 1990.

As Amended September 19, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Clinton Turk, Jr., Stone, Hamrick, Harrison & Turk, Radford, Va., for defendant-appellant.

Thomas Jack Bondurant, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., argued (John P. Alderman, U.S. Atty., Roanoke, Va., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

James Bedford Fisher was convicted on three felony narcotics and weapons counts following a jury trial. The guilty verdict was rendered by an eleven member jury, the twelfth juror having been excused for cause by the district court after the jury had been empaneled and the trial begun. On appeal, Fisher contends that his oral consent to have his case heard by eleven jurors was an ineffective waiver of his right to a trial by twelve jurors...

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