United States Fifth Circuit

Even if a juror was not qualified to serve on a jury and failed to accurately respond to questions designed to elicit this information, the defendant is not entitled to a new trial unless he can show that the juror was biased.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/29/2001
• Published 08/29/2001

Judges

• LITTLE, District Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Gregory Victor Davis (argued), Alan L. Hechtkopf, Robert E. Lindsay, Karen Marie Quesnel, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Randall W. Wilson (argued), Susman Godfrey, Jeffrey R. Vaughan, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.