State v. Fajardo

How courts have described this case

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

• error to give the jury an Allen charge—that a deadlock means the case must be retried, and that minority jurors should reconsider in light of their status as such
• error to give the jury an Allen charge — that a deadlock means the case must be retried, and that minority jurors should reconsider in light of their status as such
• defendant charged with murder was convicted of included offense of manslaughter shortly after deadlocked jury was given an Allen instruction
• jurors returned verdict one hour after faulty instruction despite deliberating for four days
• jurors returned verdict one hour after faulty instruction despite deliberating for four days

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Matavale
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2007-09-14· cited 101×
• State v. Gonsalves
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2005-09-09· cited 44×
• State v. Haili
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2003-12-03· cited 35×
• State v. Villeza
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 1991-08-23· cited 30×
• State v. Watanabe
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2010-03-30
• State v. Watanabe
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2010-03-30
• Kaluna v. Iranon
  D. Hawaii· 1996-12-27
• State v. Kanae
  Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals· 2026-06-19

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. Gainer
  California Supreme Court· 1977-08-31· cited 256×
• Wilkins v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1980-04-09· cited 117×
• Brogie v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1985-01-02· cited 111×
• State v. Thomas
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1959-07-20· cited 92×
• People v. Schwartz
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1984-03-05· cited 84×
• State v. Randall
  Montana Supreme Court· 1960-07-08· cited 80×
• State v. Marsh
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1971-11-05· cited 61×
• Huey Augustus Powell v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1962-03-27· cited 49×
• State v. Wilson
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1981-05-08· cited 37×
• Hancock v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1983-06-10· cited 12×
• Montes v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 1979-12-13· cited 2×