Law Practice
Sep. 12, 2007
Death Sentence Withstands Juror Misconduct Claims
A divided federal appeals court on Monday turned away explosive claims of juror misconduct and upheld a 1979 death sentence for multiple rapes and robberies and the murder of a University of Southern California student.The 9-6 en banc ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turned on the issue of whether a juror's impartiality was compromised when his wife, a rape victim, confided in him during trial that she suspected the defendant was her attacker.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A divided federal appeals court on Monday turned away explosive claims of juror misconduct and upheld a 1979 death sentence for multiple rapes and robberies and the murder of a USC student.
The 9-6 en banc ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals puts Stevie Lamar Fields fourth in line for lethal injection in California. Fields v....
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