What is the test for determining whether extraneous material contributed to a jury's verdict?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Jeffries v. Blodgett, 5 F.3d 1180 (9th Cir. 1993):
1 An alternative and equivalent articulation of this test is whether there is a "reasonable possibility" that the extraneous material could have affected the verdict. United States v. Navarro-Garcia, 926 F.2d 818, 821 (9th Cir.1991).
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