US v. Mitchell, No. 08-1002723 June 2009, 6:17 pmDefendant's drug distribution conviction and sentence are affirmed where, even if plain error review did not apply, there was no error in the District Court's failure sua sponte to strike a juror for cause based on the murder of the juror's uncle by a drug dealer.
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Appellate Information
Argued and Submitted October 20, 2008
Filed June 23, 2009
Judges
Before: J. Clifford Wallace, Sidney R. Thomas and Susan P. Graber, Circuit Judges.
Opinion by Judge Wallace
Dissent by Judge Thomas
Counsel
For Appellant:
Dennis A. Cameron, Reno, NV
For Appellee:
William R. Reed, Assistant United States Attorney, Reno, NV
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