Demaria v. Compagnie Générale Transatlantique

How courts have described this case

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• noting that “the weapon, which was seized in southern Florida, bore an imprint indicating that it had been man- ufactured in Atlanta, a clear indication of interstate commerce”
• noting that the personal relationship and close proximity between a defendant and co-conspirator during the commission of an offense made it more likely that the defendant was aware of the illicit plan
• noting that “there is no blanket prohibition against the ex parte examination of jurors by a trial judge” and that, even if such communication violated Rule 43, the error may be harmless
• reasoning that USCA11 Case: 23-10412 Document: 73-1 Date Filed: 06/17/2024 Page: 19 of 28 23-10412 Opinion of the Court 19 the “personal relationship” between the defendant and his wife’s brother made the defendant’s lack of knowledge “unlikely”
• finding harmless defendant’s unobjected-to absence during time when jury challenges were exercised
• following Willis to hold that five criminal defendants who attended voir dire in open court, but were voluntarily absent from the final phase of striking the jury held in chambers, waived their right to be present

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).