United States v. Don Allison, Jr.

51 F.3d 282 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Don ALLISON, Jr., Defendant-Appellant. No. 94-30242. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted March 21, 1995. * Decided March 27, 1995. Before: SNEED, POOLE, and BRUNETTI, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Don Allison, Jr. appeals his jury conviction for manufacturing 204 marijuana plants. Allison claims the district court abused its discretion by denying his motion for a new trial after assessing the impact of a juror's reading a news article and the government's failure to redact prejudicial information from a fingerprint card that was admitted into evidence. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 , and we affirm. 3 We review for abuse of discretion a district court's denial of a motion for a new trial. United States v. Young, 17 F.3d 1201, 1203 (9th Cir.1994). We give "substantial weight" to a district court's conclusion as to the effect…