Legal Opinion
Cory Spears v. Charles Greiner
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 2, 2006No. Docket 05-2297-prPublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOELTL, District Judge.
This case asks us to clarify when a charge requesting a deadlocked jury in a criminal case to continue deliberating requires specific cautionary language instructing jurors not to abandon their conscientiously held beliefs.
The petitioner appeals from the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Weinstein, J.), entered March 16, 2005, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioner challenges his conviction after a jury trial in the New York State Supreme Court, Kings County, on the grounds that the petitioner’s…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Jenkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by77 opinions
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