Court Opinion

ID: 9469549
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 02:43:42.435781+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:41:26.987144
License: Public Domain

Petition for Rehearing of Defendant-Appellant.
IT IS ORDERED that said petition is hereby DENIED. Petitioner argues that the district court committed reversible error by giving supplemental instructions to the jury without first allowing defense counsel to be heard, in contravention of Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 43(a), Rogers v. United States, 422 U.S. 35, 95 S.Ct. 2091, 45 L.Ed.2d 1 (1975), and United States v. Burns, 7th Cir., 683 F.2d 1056 (1982). Petitioner did not raise this argument before and therefore we need not consider it. United States v. Gordon, 253 F.2d 177, 184 (7th Cir. 1958). Nevertheless, petitioner’s claim is without merit. Rogers makes clear that failure to allow counsel to be heard before answering the jury’s question can be harmless error. 422 U.S. at 40, 95 S.Ct. at 2095. In the instant case defense counsel was given an opportunity to object immediately after the supplemental instruction was given. The court determined that its supplemental instruction was proper, a conclusion with which we agreed as explained in the opinion of the court. At 183-184.
Petitioner’s other argument in the petition for rehearing is also without merit and is addressed at pages 182-183 of the court’s opinion.