United States v. Jack Shaoul

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• noting that under second prong of McDonough, a defendant must have a basis for arguing that the district court is required to sustain his challenge for cause
• finding no implied bias where a juror was the uncle- in-law of a prosecutor in the same district, but the prosecutor was not involved in the case at hand
• affirming the district court’s denial of the defendant’s Rule 33 motion where the defendant conceded the juror’s good faith and the court found that the juror’s distant familial relationship with an Assistant United States Attorney did not require a finding of implied bias
• “Even in circumstances where it might have been advisable . . . to give specific unanimity instructions, we have held that failure to give such instructions does not constitute plain error.” (internal quotation marks and footnote omitted)

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