United States Ninth Circuit

Bank robbery-related convictions affirmed where: 1) court's Allen instruction after a jury impasse was not coercive; and, 2) prosecutor's voir dire questioning of a former public defender did not amount to misconduct or taint the jury.

Appellate Information

• Argued 03/11/2002
• Decided 08/09/2002
• Published 08/09/2002

Judges

• Before HUG, CUDAHY, and TASHIMA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Gail R. Weinheimer and Ioana R. Mondescu, Law Offices of Gail R. Weinheimer, San Anselmo, CA, for the plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robin L. Harris, Assistant United States Attorney, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee.