United States Seventh Circuit

Petitioner's Sixth Amendment rights were not violated when a state trial court answered two written questions from the jury without consulting and outside the presence of defense counsel where the questions concerned the jury's ability to review exhibits.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/22/2001
• Decided 04/20/2001
• Published 04/20/2001

Judges

• COFFEY, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, COFFEY, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laura Weiler (argued), Guy Conti (argued), Law Students, Robert J. Palmer, May, Oberfell & Lorber, South Bend, IN, for petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas D. Perkins (argued), Office of the Attorney General, Indianapolis, IN, for respondent-appellee.