Aaron Matthew Rentfrow v. United States
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Whether the district court erred in failing to grant a mistrial
QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW The district court erred by failing to grant a mistrial. Error in the following four respects, viewed in aggregate, deprived Mr. Rentfrow of his Sixth Amendment right to a fair trial: 1) Failing to limit the number of United States Marshals guarding witness Brandon Fritts; 2) Failing to cure the prejudice caused by Fritts’s testimony regarding his risk of death, based on his cooperation with the prosecution; 3) | Admitting photographs of Mr. Czeck because they lacked probative value and inflamed the jury; and 4) Failing to dismiss the two jurors who discussed the case and their safety concerns with each other before deliberations began. i