After the defendant was found guilty of mail fraud, his attorneys filed several motions inafter which it wasthey discovered that seven of the jurors drank alcohol during the noon recess. Four jurors consumed between them "a pitcher to three pitchers" of beer during various recesses.<ref>''Tanner v. United States'', 483 U.S. 107, 115 (1987).</ref> Of the three other jurors who were alleged to have consumed alcohol, one stated that, on several occasions, he observed two jurors having one or two mixed drinks during the lunch recess, and one other juror, who was also the foreperson, having a liter of wine on each of three occasions.<ref name="115-6">483 U.S. at 115–116</ref> Juror Hardy also stated that he and three other jurors smoked marijuana quite regularly during the trial.<ref name="115-6" /> Moreover, Hardy stated that, during the trial, he observed one juror ingest cocaine five times and another juror ingest cocaine two or three times.<ref name="115-6" /> One juror sold a quarter pound of marijuana to another juror during the trial, and took marijuana, cocaine, and drug paraphernalia into the courthouse.<ref name="115-6" /> One of the jurors described himself to Juror Hardy as "flying."<ref>483 U.S. at 116</ref>