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Tanner Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 22, 1987

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  1. Mcdonald Vs. Pless US Supreme Court · Jun 14, 1915
  2. Jordan Vs. Massachusetts US Supreme Court · May 27, 1912
  3. United States Ex Rel. Marcus Vs. Hess US Supreme Court · Jan 18, 1943
  4. Smith Vs. Phillips US Supreme Court · Jan 25, 1982
  5. Haas Vs. Henkel US Supreme Court · Feb 21, 1910
  6. Tanner v. United
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  7. States - 483 U.S. 107 (1987) U.S. Supreme Court Tanner v. United
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  8. States, 483 U.S. 107 (1987) Tanner v. United
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  9. Mattox v. United
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  10. information not admitted into evidence. The Court allowed juror testimony on influence by outsiders in Parker v. Gladden
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  11. U. S. 363 , 385 U. S. 365 (1966) (bailiff's comments on defendant), and Remmer v. United
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  12. States, 347 U. S. 227 , 347 U. S. 228 -230 (1954) (bribe offered to juror). See also Smith v. Phillips
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  13. however, the Court adhered to the common law rule against admitting juror testimony to impeach a verdict. McDonald v. Pless
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  14. Hyde v. United
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  15. of course, this has been considered an external influence about which juror testimony is admissible. See United States v. Thomas
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  16. of a juror's inability to hear or comprehend at trial as an internal matter. See Government of the Virgin Islands v. Nicholas
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  17. Davis v. United
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  18. matters. In United States v. Dioguardi
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  19. Id. at 79, n. 12, quoting McDonald v. Pless
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  20. F.2d at 80. See also Sullivan v. Fogg
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  21. United States v. Allen
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  22. United States v. Pellegrini
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  23. This line of federal decisions was reviewed in Government of the Virgin Islands v. Nicholas
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  24. U.S. at 238 U. S. 267 -268. See also Mattox v. United
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  25. but rather harmonize with, the weighty government interest in insulating the jury's deliberative process. See Smith v. Phillips
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  26. Remmer v. United
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  27. months after the verdict, seriously disrupt the finality of the process. See, e.g., Government of the Virgin Islands v. Nicholas
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  28. verdict and the exception for juror testimony relating to extraneous influences. See Government of the Virgin Islands v. Gereau
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  29. Government of the Virgin Islands v. Nicholas
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  30. Moreover, during the trial, the jury is observable by the court, by counsel, and by court personnel. See United States v. Provenzano
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  31. by each other, and may report inappropriate juror behavior to the court before they render a verdict. See Lee v. United
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  32. States, 454 A.2d 770 (DCApp.1982), cert. denied sub nom. McIlwain v. United
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  33. after the trial, a party may seek to impeach the verdict by nonjuror evidence of misconduct. See United States v. Taliaferro
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  34. Dennis v. United
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  35. States, 384 U. S. 855 , 384 U. S. 861 (1966), quoting Haas v. Henkel
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  36. Glasser v. United
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  37. Hammerschmidt v. United
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  38. way from the claimant to the United States does not release the claimant from culpability under the Act. United States v. Bornstein
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  39. The Government suggests that this position is supported by the Court's reasoning in Dixson v. United
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  40. Rewis v. United
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  41. Rewis v. United
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  42. Dixson v. United
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  43. Appellants argue that the convictions on counts II through v. can
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  44. finality of verdicts, and protection of jurors against harassment by dissatisfied litigants. See, e.g., McDonald v. Pless
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  45. seriously threaten the constitutional right to trial by a fair and impartial jury, they must give way. See Parker v. Gladden
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  46. Remmer v. United
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  47. Sullivan v. Fogg
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  48. U.S. Supreme Court Tanner v. United
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  49. Parker v. Gladden
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  50. and Remmer v. United
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