United States Ninth Circuit

Judge's favorable comments during jury deliberation that jury was getting "closer" to a verdict was unduly coercive by implying that reaching that verdict would be desirable, even if the judge did not know what the verdict was. (Republished amended opinion)

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/08/2001
• Decided 02/27/2002
• Published 02/27/2002

Judges

• Before PREGERSON, REINHARDT, and SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Elizabeth Newman, Los Angeles, CA (argued) and Monica Knox, La Crescenta, CA (brief), for the petitioner-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kenneth N. Sokoler, Deputy Attorney General, Los Angeles, CA, for the respondents-appellees.