Did the Eighth Circuit fail to follow its own precedent and rule contrary to other Appellate Circuits and the United States Supreme Court when it approved the District Court's failure to accede to define counsel's request to conduct an evidentiary hearing after a juror announced the guilt of the Defendant to other jurors during trial and before instructions were read?

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW 1. Did the Eighth Circuit fail to follow its own precedent, and rule contrary to other Appellate Circuits and the United States Supreme Court when it approved the District Court’s failure to accede to define counsel’s request to conduct an evidentiary hearing after a juror announced the guilt of the Defendant to other jurors during trial and before instructions were read? 2. Were the convictions unsupported by substantial evidence, and was the Defendant deprived of due process, when the conspiracy convictions were based on false statements made by a co-defendant on forms submitted to the U.S. Department of State and Labor, allegedly in violation of Department of Labor Regulations that were not put into evidence, but were the subject of Government witness oral testimony that misrepresented the regulations in effect at the time of the formation of the alleged “conspiracy”?