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· 10/25/1984

United States v. Billy Harold Barnes

Citations

  • 747 F.2d 246
  • 1984 U.S. App. LEXIS 17358

How courts have described this case

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  • unadmitted exhibits viewed by jury included tape recording and transcript of telephone conversation during which defendant and coconspirator planned illegal transaction
  • unadmitted exhibits viewed by jury included tape recording and transcript of telephone conversation during which defendant and coconspirator planned illegal transaction
  • jurors had \looked at\ all three unadmitted exhibits and had \read\ one
  • tapes of phone calls, transcripts of those tapes and an affidavit inadvertently sent to the jury room made it highly unlikely that appellant received a fair trial
  • three unauthorized exhibits sent to jury room
  • providing standard for determining prejudicial testimony

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Judges: Sprouse, Chapman, Hallanan, Southern, Virginia

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