United States Ninth Circuit

The government successfully rebutted the presumption of prejudice by making a strong contrary showing that the contact between a key prosecution witness and three jurors had no tendency to reflect upon or bolster the witness' credibility, and thus was harmless.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2003
• Decided 01/09/2004
• Published 01/09/2004

Judges

• CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Circuit Judge:, Before:  HALL, O'SCANNLAIN, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kenneth M. Miller, San Clemente, CA, for the appellant;  Gregory Dean Caliendo, pro se, petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael R. Johnsen and David F. Glassman, Deputies Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the appellee.