The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Hendrix, 549 F.2d 1225 (9th Cir. 1977):
Wade v. Hunter, 336 U.S. 684, 689, 69 S.Ct. 834, 837, 93 L.Ed. 974 (1949) (emphasis added; footnote omitted). Nevertheless, after carefully examining this case and the development of the law since it was decided, we are convinced that the quoted language was not intended as a limitation on a trial court's broad discretion to deal with allegations of juror misconduct.
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