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· 7/6/1977

Government of the Virgin Islands v. Sonville Austin Smith

Citations

  • 558 F.2d 691
  • 14 V.I. 42
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 12554

How courts have described this case

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  • recognizing that courts have begun to adopt a more “pragmatic approach” to the question of whether a jury can be recalled after declared discharged
  • permitting reassembly despite the fact that the jury had returned home for over a day because, when it returned, the jury merely confirmed the verdict it reached prior to discharge

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Judges: Van Dusen, Weis, Garth

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