Eighth Circuit Remands Where Alternate Juror May Have Participated in Deliberations
Somehow, an alternate juror managed to stay for jury deliberations in the trial of Manuel Maldonado Aguilar without anyone noticing until the day after the verdict ws rendered. In United States v. Aguilar, issued on February 26, 2014 (published), the Eighth Circuit joined three other circuits that have held that a defendant is prejudiced […]