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U.S. v. DAVIS

No. 99-30023.

109 F.Supp.2d 991 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Charles W. DAVIS, Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. Illinois, East St. Louis Division.

August 28, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman R. Smith, Fairview Heights, IL, Patty Merkamp Stemler, Washington, DC, for plaintiff.

Phillip J. Kavanaugh, III, East St. Louis, MO, for defendant.

OPINION

RICHARD MILLS, District Judge.

Few, if any, interests under the Constitution are more fundamental than the right to a fair trial by "impartial" jurors, and an outcome affected by extrajudicial statements would violate that fundamental right.

Gentile v. State Bar of Nevada, 501 U.S. 1030, 1075, 111 S.Ct. 2720, 115 L.Ed.2d 888 (1991).

I. BACKGROUND

On December 13, 1999, a jury...

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