191954P.pdf   12/16/2020  United States  v.  Christopher Weckman
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  19-1954
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Des Moines   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Loken and Erickson, Circuit Judges] 
   Criminal case - Criminal law. The district court did not err in denying 
   defendant's motion to sever his trial from that of his alleged accomplice 
   as their defenses were not logically incompatible and any alleged conflict 
   did not, in light of the evidence, serve as the basis for the jury 
   verdict; further, the jury was able to compartmentalize the 
   evidence,presented; jury instructions with regard to intimidation were not 
   plainly erroneous; after hearing evidence regarding a juror's alleged 
   misconduct, the court dismissed the juror, and there was no evidence that 
   the alleged instance of misconduct tainted or improperly influenced the 
   remaining members of the jury such as to require a mistrial.