U.S. v. VILLAR

No. 08-1154.

586 F.3d 76 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Richard VILLAR, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark L. Stevens, Esq., for appellant.

Aixa Maldonado-Quiones, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Michael J. Gunnison, Acting United States Attorney, was on the brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges, and SARIS, District Judge.


SARIS, District Judge.

After a jury trial, Defendant-appellant Richard Villar, a Hispanic man, was convicted of bank robbery. Hours following his conviction, defense counsel received an e-mail message from one of the jurors disclosing that during deliberations another juror said, "I guess we're profiling but they cause all the trouble." When defense counsel filed a motion for a court inquiry into the validity of the verdict, the court held a hearing in which the juror...

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