United States Ninth Circuit

In a dispute concerning the authority of the district court to use supplemental closing arguments to assist a deadlocked jury, judgment of the district court is affirmed where court’s decision to permit supplemental closing argument did not result in impermissible coercion and did not constitute a prejudicial abuse of discretion because the court never gave an Allen charge.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/08/2011
• Published 08/08/2011

Judges

• SILVERMAN

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ethan Balogh, Andre Birotte Jr.