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· 1/4/1972

Bookbinder v. Rotondo

Citations

  • 285 A.2d 387
  • 109 R.I. 346
  • 1972 R.I. LEXIS 1193

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a similar instruction directed only at minority-view jurors was not coercive when the charge also “contain[ed] a statement that a verdict must be a juror’s own verdict, the result of his own convictions, and not mere acquiescence in the opinion of others”
  • upholding the use of an Allen charge in a civil case

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Judges: Roberts, Paolino, Powers, Joslin, Kelleher

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