Romine v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that it is “‘somewhat imprecise to refer to a single Allen charge,’” as more than a century of judicial interpretation has “‘produced a variety of permutations and amplifications of the original wording’” (citation omitted)
• discussing the parameters of the jury charge authorized under Allen v. United States, 164 U. S. 492 (17 SC 154, 41 LE 528) (1896)
• “Considering the length and complexity of the trial, the length of time the jury deliberated before declaring itself deadlocked, and the amount of progress made in the interim, we find no abuse of discretion in the court’s refusal to declare a mistrial.”
• jury not charged on the consequences of its failure to reach a verdict
• “[U]nder Georgia law a jury is expected to review the evidence and to endeavor to reach unanimity ‘one way or the other’ on the question of sentence, and, if possible, to affirmatively and unanimously recommend either death or mercy.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).