United States v. Edwin Edwards Stephen Edwards Cecil Brown Andrew Martin Bobby Johnson

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• holding that defendants alleging prejudicial spillover from fraud counts dismissed by district court after jury verdict \must show\ that\otherwise inadmissible evidence was admitted to prove the invalid fraud claims\
• recognizing that issues that are not adequately briefed are waived
• noting that “we have previously made clear that hold-out jurors are not immune from dismissal based upon just cause” (citing United States v. Huntress, 956 F.2d 1309, 1312–13 (5th Cir. 1992)
• reviewing factual findings about whether the defendant was voluntarily absent for clear error
• dismissing a juror after eleven days of deliberations, although not discussing seating an alternate
• protecting the defendants’ right to a fair trial constitutes a substantial interest for Sixth Amendment purposes

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