U.S. v. GILLESPIE

No. 94-3525.

61 F.3d 457 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jerry GILLESPIE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided August 1, 1995.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 10, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Bauer, Asst. U.S. Atty., Akron, OH (argued and briefed), for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles E. Fleming, Federal Public Defender's Office, Cleveland, OH (argued and briefed), for defendant-appellant.

Before: JONES and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges; JOINER, District Judge.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 10, 1995.

JOINER, District Judge.

Defendant Jerry Gillespie contends that the district court erred in denying his motion for a new trial based on the fact that a juror brought a dictionary into the deliberation room and read the definition of "reasonable." The district court fully investigated the possibility that Gillespie was prejudiced by the juror's use of the dictionary, and properly concluded...

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