Legal Opinion
Hankins v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided September 2, 2010No. 07-CF-1015PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
At appellant Keith Hankins’s murder trial, the jury sent a total of three notes reporting that it was hung. Shortly before the third note, a juror complained privately to the courtroom clerk during a break that one juror had stopped participating in the deliberations. When, at the trial judge’s direction, the clerk spoke to the foreperson to ensure that any future complaints would be made to the court in writing, the foreperson unexpectedly told the clerk that the juror in question was participating again but was unalterably convinced that the defendant was not…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- United States v. Anthony C. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Winters v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Humphries v. District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1899
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1993
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1988
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3Cited by12 opinions
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