· 4/24/1997
Benlamine v. United States
Citations
- 692 A.2d 1359
- 1997 D.C. App. LEXIS 75
- 1997 WL 197498
How courts have described this case
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- reversing where trial court gave Crowder instruction and then Winters instruction after ninth juror dissented in jury poll
- trial court abused its discretion by denying motion for mistrial and instead giving anti-deadlock instruction after jury poll revealed that ninth juror dissented from verdict
- Winters given despite the trial court’s knowledge of jury numerical split
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Judges: Wagner, Steadman, Schwelb
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