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132845P.pdf 05/29/2014 United States v. Manuel Aguilar
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-2845
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Gruender and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. For the court's prior opinion remanding the
matter for further proceedings, see United States v. Aguilar, 743 F.3d
1144 (8th Cir. 2014). An alternate juror's actual participation in the
jury deliberations was prejudicial error which required reversal of the
judgment of conviction; case remanded for further proceedings.
132845P.pdf 02/26/2014 United States v. Manuel Aguilar
U.S. Court of Appeals Case No: 13-2845
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock
[PUBLISHED] [Benton, Author, with Gruender and Kelly, Circuit Judges]
Criminal case - Criminal law. Defendant waived his challenge to the police
officers' protective sweep by failing to raise it in his motion to
suppress; defendant gave a valid consent to a search; evidence was
sufficient to support defendant's conviction for conspiracy to distribute
methamphetamine; case must be remanded for factual findings regarding an
alternate juror's presence and actions during the jury deliberations; the
court retains jurisdiction of the appeal pending receipt of the district
court's findings.