United States v. Jessie Kenneth McKinney

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1970-07-01

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*1021 GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge. In this criminal case the appellant entreats us to invade the cloister of the jury room to determine whether the verdict of guilty in the court below may have been influenced by prejudicial newspaper publicity. With equal fervor the government implores us not to enter the cloister, invoking the aged and hallowed principle of the sanctity…

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