United States v. Gagnon

United States v. Gagnon
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 18, 1985
Full case name	United States v. Gagnon
Citations	470 U.S. 522 (more)
Holding
A criminal defendant's rights under the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause were not violated by the in camera discussion between the judge and a juror.
Court membership
Chief Justice Warren E. Burger Associate Justices William J. Brennan Jr. · Byron White Thurgood Marshall · Harry Blackmun Lewis F. Powell Jr. · William Rehnquist John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor
Case opinion
Per curiam
Laws applied
Due Process Clause

United States v. Gagnon, 470 U.S. 522 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that a criminal defendant's rights under the Fifth Amendment Due Process Clause were not violated by the in camera discussion between the judge and a juror. A defendant has the right to be present at any stage of the trial where the fairness of the proceeding would be impeded by their absence.^[1][2]

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