Legal Opinion
United States v. Flores Amaya
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 27, 1975No. 74--2311PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Flores Amaya was indicted and tried for conspiring to distribute a quantity of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). The trial lasted two days. The jury deliberated for about a half hour at the close of the second day and was then recessed by the judge. At about 9:00 a. m. on the third day the jury reconvened. At about 1:25 p. m. on that day the jury passed a note to the judge which, while unavailable to us, evidently indicated that the jury was deadlocked. In response, the judge sent a letter which read: “Please continue to review the evidence again,…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Jenkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Posey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Irven Green and Robert Benjamin Smith v. United States of America, Arnold Jack Johnson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Darwin Clark BaileyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- United States v. Flores AmayaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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