United States Seventh Circuit

When the bailiff's contact with the jury is extensive and testimony by the bailiff as a witness addresses substantive issues of the defendant's guilt, the presumption of prejudice against the defendant warrants a mistrial.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/18/2001
• Decided 05/21/2001
• Published 05/21/2001

Judges

• ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before CUDAHY, KANNE and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John A. Rupp (Argued), Elmhurst, IL, for Petitioner-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• David H. Iskowich, Office of the Attorney General, Criminal Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, Lisa A. Smith (Argued), Office of the Attorney General, Chicago, IL, for Respondents-Appellees.