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· 12/18/1978

United States v. Vito Giacalone

Citations

  • 588 F.2d 1158
  • 1978 U.S. App. LEXIS 6938

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding no prejudice when judge responded, without consulting counsel, -to jury’s note stating it was deadlocked by sending in note reading, “Please continue your deliberations”
  • finding no prejudice when judge responded, without consulting counsel, to jury’s note stating it was deadlocked by sending in note reading, “Please continue your deliberations”
  • harmless error to tell jury to continue deliberations after receiving a note informing court that jury was deadlocked
  • harmless error to tell jury to continue deliberations after receiving a note informing court that jury was deadlocked
  • harmless error to tell jury to continue deliberations after receiving a note informing court that jury was deadlocked
  • upholding language that “roughly follows” the Pattern Instructions

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Judges: Celebrezze, Engel, Phillips

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