United States v. Steven Michael Gay

How courts have described this case

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• hearing juror requests for excusal outside of the presence of the defendant violated rule
• abuse of discretion to discharge juror for hardship where no record of reasons existed
• district judge erred by engaging in discussions with members of the jury after it was 22 impaneled regarding excuses out of the presence of the defendant and without giving notice to defense 23 counsel
• absence of record requires appellate court to “assume prejudice”
• absence of record requires appellate court to \assume prejudice\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).