United States v. Kelvin Steele

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• holding that juror’s expressed view that “racial discrimination may taint the criminal justice system” was race-neutral justification
• holding that we review for abuse of discretion a district court’s ruling on objections to alleged prosecutorial misconduct
• holding that there was no coercion where, among other factors, “the district court gave a neutral form of the Allen charge based upon the Ninth Circuit Model Criminal Jury Instruction”
• “The fact the jury reached its verdict half an hour after returning from a weekend recess could merely reflect that the jurors came to a resolution during a weekend when they individually pondered the evidence.”
• discussing 9th Cir. Model Crim. Jury Instr. 7.7

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