BERNICE BOUIE DONALD, Circuit Judge. This case stems from the nearly thirty-year-old murder of Bess Horton. The commonwealth’s theory of prosecution was that Samuel Fields broke into Horton’s residence through a storm window, brutally murdered her in the bedroom, and started burglarizing the residence shortly before law enforcement arrived at the scene. To test the plausibility of the commonwealth’s theory, the jury conducted an experiment using a flat-tipped knife submitted into evidence to remove a cabinet door in the jury room (in place of the storm window). Satisfied with the outcome of their experiment, the jurors convicted Fields of intentional murder and sentenced him to death. Fields now seeks a federal writ of habeas corpus, arguing in part that the jury improperly considered extrinsic evidence in violation of the Fifth and Sixth Amendments. For the following reasons, we REVERSE the district court’s judgment and CONDITIONALLY GRANT a writ of habeas corpus, unless the commonwealth retries Fields within six months.

THAPAR, Circuit Judge. George Harrison was convicted of drug and firearms offenses after an informant filmed him selling methamphetamine. He now challenges his conviction and sentence. We affirm.