Opinion
02-cr-00395 (JGK).
December 6, 2006
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
The Court has received the attached letter from counsel for defendant Lynne Stewart. The letter requests the Court to inquire of one juror, based on a newspaper article, what specific evidence the juror was allegedly referring to in speaking with the reporter. The application is plainly without merit. The request is an impermissible effort to inquire into the jury's deliberations. See Fed.R. Ev. 606(b); United States v. Sattar, 395 F. Supp. 2d 66, 74-75 (S.D.N.Y. 2005). There is no suggestion in the submission of any extraneous information that was improperly brought to the jury's attention. Indeed, the submission indicates that the jury carefully and conscientiously considered the evidence and followed the Court's instructions.
The application is denied.
SO ORDERED.