SAMPSON v. U.S.

Nos. 12-1643, 12-8019.

724 F.3d 150 (2013)

Gary Lee SAMPSON, Petitioner, Appellee, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellant. Gary Lee Sampson, Respondent, v. United States of America, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 25, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark T. Quinlivan , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellant.

William E. McDaniels , with whom Jennifer G. Wicht , Cadence Mertz , Williams & Connolly LLP, J. Martin Richey , Elizabeth L. Prevett , Federal Public Defender's Office, and Susan K. Marcus were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, SELYA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Few accouterments of our criminal justice system are either more fundamental or more precious than the accused's right to an impartial jury. That right is threatened when — as in this case — juror dishonesty occurs during the voir dire process yet is not discovered until well after final judgment has entered on the jury's verdict. But finality is also valuable, and not every instance of juror dishonesty requires setting aside a...

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