United States Fifth Circuit

A conviction for making a false claim of consumer product tampering, involving straight pins allegedly found in summer sausages, is affirmed over claims that the district court erred in admitting testimony relating to the conduct of her polygraph examination and in giving a modified Allen charge to relieve initial jury deadlock.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/11/2006
• Published 09/12/2006

Judges

• E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:, Before KING, GARWOOD and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Renata Ann Gowie, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, TX, for U.S., Emmett Matthew Leeper, Jr., Houston TX, for Allard.