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enough; the District Court did not abuse its discretion in denying
Maxwell’s motion for a new trial.*4
4. The District Court’s Response to a Jury Note Did Not Result
in a Constructive Amendment of, or Prejudicial Variance
from, the Allegations in the Indictment
During jury deliberations, the jury sent the following jury note
regarding Count Four of the Indictment:
Under Count Four (4), if the defendant aided in the
transportation of Jane’s return flight, but not the flight to
New Mexico where/if the intent was for Jane to engage in
sexual activity, can she be found guilty under the second
element?*
The District Court determined that it would not respond to the note
directly because it was difficult to “parse factually and legally” and
instead referred the jury to the second element of Count Four.*6
%4 Nor did the District Court err in questioning Juror 50 rather than allowing the parties to
do so. In conducting a hearing on potential juror misconduct, “[w]e leave it to the district
court’s discretion to decide the extent to which the parties may participate in questioning
the witnesses, and whether to hold the hearing in camera.” United States v. Ianniello, 866 F.2d
540, 544 (2d Cir. 1989). And while Maxwell contends that the District Court improperly
limited questioning about Juror 50’s role in deliberations, she both waived that argument
below and fails to show here how any such questioning would not be foreclosed by Federal
Rule of Evidence 606(b).
3 A-238.
36 A-207-221. The District Court’s instruction on the second element of Count Four required
the jury to find that “Maxwell knowingly transported Jane in interstate commerce with the
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