United States v. Parse, No. 13-1388 (2d Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant was convicted of mail fraud and of corruptly endeavoring to obstruct and impede the administration of the internal revenue laws. On appeal, defendant argued that he should have been granted a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence of juror bias. The court reversed the district court's denial of the motion where, in this case, the juror at issue aligned herself with the government, lied pervasively in voir dire for the purpose of avoiding dismissal for cause, believed prior to the presentation of any evidence that the defendants were "'crooks,'" and expressly mentioned defendant as a target of her efforts to persuade the other jurors to convict. The court rejected defendant's remaining contentions, concluding that the evidence was sufficient to convict him and that the jury instructions were not erroneous. The remaining claims are moot or without merit. The court reversed and remanded.
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