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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.