· 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
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- 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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