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· 1/7/1977

United States v. Patrick Michael Scott

Citations

  • 547 F.2d 334
  • 1977 U.S. App. LEXIS 10638

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting that \an ultimate jury disagreement is a permissible result of a trial\ and \[t]he reminder that no juror should merely acquiesce in the majority opinion is therefore one of the most important parts of the Allen [sic] charge\
  • fact that jury agreed fourteen minutes after receiving coercive charge illustrated prejudicial impact of charge
  • fact that jury agreed fourteen minutes after receiving coercive charge illustrated prejudicial impact of charge
  • \The reminder that no juror should merely acquiesce in the majority opinion is ... one of the most important parts of the Allen charge.\
  • jury reaching verdict fourteen minutes after Allen charge after deliberating previously for over eight hours suggests coercion
  • instruction held invalid on direct review

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Weick, McCree, Lively

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