United States v. James Hillard, Robert Allen and Samuel Hillard

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• finding that “the ‘essential feature’ of the jury was preserved” when the “trial judge instructed all the jurors to begin their deliberations anew, explaining that ‘a jury verdict must be the product of the deliberations of all twelve people who reach that verdict’”
• jury’s exposure to information concerning the existence of a heroin ring and rumors about defense counsel held harmless
• jury's exposure to information concerning the existence of a heroin ring and rumors about defense counsel held harmless
• “the trial court has wide discretion in deciding how to pursue an inquiry into the effects of extra-record information”
• because adequate probable cause existed to support the wiretap order, the court need not decide standing for such a challenge

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).