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· 12/23/1980

United States v. Clyde Smith

Citations

  • 635 F.2d 716
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 11145
  • 7 Fed. R. Serv. 777

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that 4 hours of deliberation following a 2-day trial was not so disproportionate as to indicate coercion
  • holding that 4 hours of deliberation following a 2-day trial was not so disproportionate as to indicate coercion
  • holding that there is no need to define “knowledge” because the word has the meaning assigned it in common usage, and a juror would already understand the word
  • weighing deliberation time against facts specific to a case such as complexity and length of the trial
  • weighing deliberation time against facts specific to a case such as complexity and length of the trial
  • weighing deliberation time against facts specific to a case such as complexity and length of the trial

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Judges: Lay, Bright, McMillian

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