Legal Opinion
Shotikare v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 23, 2001No. 97-CF-1702PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:
The main issue in this appeal is whether the trial judge abused his discretion when he dismissed a juror for threatening a fellow juror and disrupting deliberations, and when he thereafter denied a mistrial and permitted deliberations to continue. The eleven remaining members of the jury found appellant Eniola A. Shotikare guilty on all counts. We hold that the trial judge exercised his discretion properly in excusing the disruptive juror and in allowing the remaining jurors to reach a verdict.
We also hold that the trial judge did not abuse his discretion in denying…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Robert G. Baker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1968
- United States v. Warren Brown, A/K/A Prince AsielCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- United States v. BaroneCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1997
- Winters v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Harold S. Cross v. United States of America, John L. Jackson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
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