United States v. Edmond

43 F.3d 472 UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ramon EDMOND, aka Looney; Calvin Springer, aka Cat, aka Cardell Starr; Alondras Saunders, aka C-Nut, aka Lon; and Joseph Dion Hill, aka J.D., Defendants-Appellees. No. 93-10543. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted July 14, 1994. Decided Dec. 29, 1994. Joseph Douglas Wilson, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiff-appellant. Mark B. Bailus and Catherine Ann Woolf, Cherry, Bailus & Kelesis, Daniel J. Albreghts, Theodore J. Manos, Manos & Associates, Lamond R. Mills, Las Vegas, NV, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Before: LEAVY and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges, and VAN SICKLE, * District Judge. Opinion by Judge LEAVY; Concurrence by Judge VAN SICKLE. LEAVY, Circuit Judge: 1 The government appeals the district court's order granting a new trial based on juror misconduct. We have jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. Sec. 3731 , and we reverse. FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS 2 Alondras Saunders, Ramon Edmond, Calvin Springer, and Joseph Dion Hill were charged with several counts stemming from an armed bank robbery. During…