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· 2/27/1975

United States v. Flores Amaya

Citations

  • 509 F.2d 8
  • 1975 U.S. App. LEXIS 15889

How courts have described this case

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

  • trial court's instruction that it might require jurors to continue deliberating for up to nine days may have coerced a verdict through the \bleak prospect promised by continued indecision\
  • trial court’s instruction that it might require jurors to continue deliberating for up to nine days may have coerced a verdict through the “bleak prospect promised by continued indecision”
  • judicially added “nuances. . . [were] beyond the allowable perimeters of jury instruction”

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Judges: Thornberry, Goldberg, Godbold

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