Ohio Supreme Court· 4/12/1989

State v. Howard

Citations

42 Ohio St. 3d 18
537 N.E.2d 188
1989 Ohio LEXIS 30

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emphasizing how the jury returned a verdict only one hour after an Allen charge was given where almost 2.5 days of deliberation had failed to produce agreement
refusing to find ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to object
noting the American Bar Association's proposal that a court shall not require or threaten the jury to deliberate for an unreasonable length of time and stating that it does not disapprove of this standard
(approving a charge that directs jurors in favor of acquittal to consider that their doubt might be unreasonable and directing jurors in favor of conviction that they might find reasonable doubt).” (Doc. No. 12, PageID# 1301, n.2.) 3 convicting Robinson. (Id.
although opining the American Bar Association’s suggested instruction was not the preferable approach, the Court noted it would not disapprove of its use
the jury need not expressly state that it is deadlocked

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Judges: Brown, Douglas, Holmes, Moyer, Snick, Sweeney, Wright

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