United States v. Alvin Frazin, United States of America v. Ronald Mark Miller

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• concluding that “the judicial branch is not included in the definition of ‘Government authority’ ”
• recognizing that “[a] defendant’s participation in formulating a response to a deadlocked jury . . . may be important to ensuring the fairness of the verdict,” particularly because there may be hold-out jurors
• stating that the court’s ex parte message to a deadlocked jury violated the defendant’s constitutional rights
• finding that the judge’s failure to consult parties when responding to a jury note was harmless error because jury reached its own conclusion and “not as the result of actual or perceived judicial pressure”
• finding that the judge’s failure to consult parties when responding to a jury note was harm- less error because jury reached its own conclusion and “not as the result of actual or perceived judicial pressure”
• finding a due process violation where the district court (1) instructed the jury to continue deliberating despite deadlock vote and (2) the court failed to advise defendants or counsel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).