United States v. Horace Lamar Edwards and Ronald Clifton

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• finding that trial court erred in accepting juror's statement that announced verdict was her verdict without inquiring into initial remark that she was \still in doubt\
• finding reversible error when judge demanded that juror state whether or not the verdict was hers when she initially indicated that the verdict was hers, but that she was \still in doubt\
• “[W]here a poll indicates a lack of unanimity the trial court must refrain from attempting to extract unanimity by questioning from the bench and must either order the jury to retire for further deliberations or dismiss them.”

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