United States DC Circuit

Defendant's conviction for illegally possessing a firearm is reversed where the conviction was the product of coercion resulting both from the district judge's ex parte and allegedly intrusive interchanges with the jury, and from the judge's delivery of a nonstandard anti-deadlock charge.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/07/2004
• Decided 03/11/2005
• Published 03/11/2005

Judges

• Before:  EDWARDS, SENTELLE, and RANDOLPH, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States DC Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sandra G. Roland, Assistant Federal Public Defender, argued the cause for appellant.   With her on the briefs was A.J. Kramer, Federal Public Defender.  Neil H. Jaffee and Shawn Moore, Assistant Federal Public Defenders, entered appearances.


• For Appellees:
  
• John P. Mannarino, Assistant U.S. Attorney, argued the cause for appellee.   With him on the brief were Kenneth L. Wainstein, U.S. Attorney, and John R Fisher and Roy W. McLeese, III, Assistant U.S. Attorneys.