U.S. v. BEST

Nos. 87-2456, 87-2457 and 87-2458.

939 F.2d 425 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John C. BEST, Gregory J. Bewick and Paul F. Conarty, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Reargued June 11, 1991.

Decided August 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., Jeanne M. Witherspoon, Asst. U.S. Atty., Office of U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., David J. Stetler, Victoria J. Peters, Asst. U.S. Attys., Office of U.S. Atty., Crim. Receiving, Appellate Div., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

James R. Ferguson, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, James S. Montana, Jr., Susan G. Feibus, Sidney Z. Karasik, Lydon & Griffin, George P. Lynch, and Gregory C. Jones, Irving C. Faber, Grippo & Elden, M. Jacqueline Walther (argued), Kielian & Walther, Mary Ellen Dienes (argued), Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

James R. Ferguson, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Gregory C. Jones, Irving C. Faber, Grippo & Elden, Chicago, Ill., Dennis A. Rendleman, Ill. State Bar Ass'n, Staff Counsel, Springfield, Ill., for amicus curiae Susan Bogart.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS, WOOD, Jr., CUDAHY, POSNER, COFFEY, FLAUM, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


Reargued En Banc June 11, 1991.

BAUER, Chief Judge.

In this en banc review, we must decide whether the defendants were deprived of a fair trial due to the presence of binders containing certain government exhibits in the jury room during deliberations. In our prior opinion, see United States v. Best, 913 F.2d 1179 (7th Cir.1990), vacated, 924 F...

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