deliberations

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
25-6544 Louis Olivarria v. California California 2026-01-12 Pending IFP appellate-review deliberations impartial-jury juror-dismissal sixth-amendment trial-court What standard applies when appellate courts review a trial court's dismissal of a juror during deliberations to determine whether the dismissal was ba…
18-9738 Francisco Gonzalez Jose v. United States Third Circuit 2019-06-20 Denied Response WaivedIFP alternate-juror criminal-procedure deliberations due-process federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure judicial-interpretation jury jury-deliberation jury-instructions mistrial third-circuit united-states-v-sotelo When a juror cannot continue deliberations and an alternate juror is empaneled, does the Third Circuit's decision in United States v. Sotelo conflict …
18-763 Chaka Fattah, Sr. v. United States Third Circuit 2018-12-14 Denied 6th-amendment circuit-split criminal-procedure deliberations due-process evidence judicial-discretion juror-removal jury-unanimity misconduct-standard standard-of-review Whether a district court must determine that there is no possibility that allegations of juror misconduct stem from the juror's view of the evidence t…