United States v. Garvey Martin Cheek

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• holding that there was no violation of Rule 606(b), where jurors testified that the allegations of tampering “did not preoccupy them at the time, frighten them, or distract them from focusing on the evidence”
• holding the district court erred in relying on juror's mental processes when formulating findings of fact
• noting that a “probing factual inquiry” is necessary in these situations, although Federal Evidence Rule 606(b
• holding a defendant was entitled to a presumption of prejudice from his co-defendant's attempt to bribe a juror and the State failed to rebut the presumption
• reversing and remanding for a new trial based on the Remmer presumption based on juror-third (Continued
• explaining that extrajudicial comments shift burden of proof to government

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