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· 11/19/2003

United States v. Kenzie Hylton

Citations

  • 349 F.3d 781
  • 2003 U.S. App. LEXIS 23575
  • 2003 WL 22718234

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that consent may be inferred from actions as well as words
  • holding that consent may be inferred from actions as well as words
  • noting that it is disfavored to emphasize the costs of a retrial but upholding the charge because the reference was brief and the overall charge was balanced
  • filing Maryland statement of charges did not prompt Sixth Amendment right to counsel
  • “[W]e have indicated disfavor when a court giving an Allen charge focuses on the costs of a retrial . . . .”
  • \Consent may be inferred from actions as well as words.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Niemeyer, Luttig, Motz

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