United States v. George T. Wilcox, Also Known as Tommy Wilcox, United States of America v. Roger Counts, Also Known as Tex Counts

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• finding no abuse of discretion when the district court believed the juror accused of sleeping actually heard the testimony and was capable of issuing a fair and impartial decision
• verdict may be based on circumstantial evidence alone; standard of appellate review remains the same
• “because circumstantial evidence is intrinsically as probative as direct evidence, the same standard applies even where a conviction rests entirely on circumstantial evidence”

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