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In Janko v. United States, 366 U.S. 716, 81 S.Ct. 1662, 6 L.Ed.2d 846, the second conviction was reversed because the trial court had not inquired whether the jurors had read a St. Louis Post-Dispatch article published during the trial and containing "inadmissible prejudicial information."
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No. 380, Misc.
Decided May 29, 1961.
Certiorari granted; judgment reversed; and case remanded for new trial.
Reported below: 281 F.2d 156.
Norman S. London and Sidney M. Glazer for petitioner.
Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Rice and Meyer Rothwacks for the United States.
Upon consideration of the confession of error by the Solicitor General and an examination of the entire record, the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis and the petition for writ of certiorari are granted. The judgment is reversed and the case is remanded to the District Court for a new trial.