Legg v. Olivarez
Legg v. Olivarez
Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
California state prisoner William W. Legg, III appeals the district court’s dis
Legg contends that the trial court erred in denying his claim that the jury’s alleged inadvertent receipt of extraneous material “had a substantial and injurious effect on, and influenced, the jury’s verdict.” We are not persuaded. Legg has not provided evidence that any juror was in receipt of extrinsic material, and the record does not indicate that the jury verdict was prejudiced. Cf. Dickson v. Sullivan, 849 F.2d 403, 405-06 (9th Cir. 1988) (finding a reasonable possibility that the material affected the verdict when a deputy sheriff made a statement to two jurors regarding defendant’s prior bad acts). Accordingly, the district court properly dismissed the petition.
AFFIRMED.
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