Brinkmann v. Town of Southold, New York

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• holding that because convicted felons are not necessarily biased, a verdict is not invalidated simply because a convicted felon was on the jury
• concluding that “[t]he Sixth Amendment right to an impartial jury . . . does not require an absolute bar on felon-jurors” but remanding to determine whether felon-juror was biased because felon-juror falsely answered jury questionnaire
• explaining that remedy for alleged juror misconduct is a hearing to determine whether prejudice occurred
• involving a prosecution's investigation concluding that a juror lied at voir dire about a prior felony
• finding that the provisions set forth in § 1865(b)(5) apply to the procedures utilized by a district court to administer the jury selection process—not to a situation where a juror fails to disclose his felon status on the jury qualification form
• \[L]ying or failing to disclose relevant information during voir dire itself raises substantial questions about the juror's possible bias.\

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