U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Darrell Ewing v. Connie Horton
Panel
The judges who heard this appeal.
- Senior Judge John M. Rogers
Case history
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Feb. 5, 2019decided Decision issued in Darrell Ewing v. Connie Horton
Opinions and writings
ROGERS, Circuit Judge. Two months after Darrell Ewing was convicted of murder, a juror filed an affidavit accusing two fellow jurors of conducting after-hours internet research about the case and discussing their findings during deliberations. Without holding an evidentiary hearing to determine what, if any, prejudicial impact that extracurricular fact-finding had on the jury, the state…