U.S. v. HARRIS

No. 13-1741.

763 F.3d 881 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Susan L. HARRIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 18, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neal C. Hong , Attorney, Office of the United States Attorney, Fairview Heights, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Johanna M. Christiansen , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Peoria, IL, John C. Taylor , Attorney, Office of the Federal Public Defender, Urbana, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before RIPPLE, WILLIAMS, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

What makes a jury anonymous? That is the question posed by Susan Harris, who argues that she was improperly tried by an anonymous jury and that such a trial violated her due process rights. However, because Harris has not met her burden and shown one necessary component of an anonymous jury — that the parties were kept from knowing the potential jurors' names — we reject her argument and affirm her conviction.

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