Legal Opinion
United States v. Ronald W. Shepherd
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 6, 1978No. 77-1130PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
Ronald W. Shepherd was one of four prisoners serving sentences in the federal penitentiary at Terre Haute, Indiana, who were tried before a jury under an indictment charging that they murdered a fellow prisoner in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1111. The jury found Shepherd and two other defendants guilty and the fourth not guilty. After the foreman had announced these verdicts but before the jury was polled, the judge made certain remarks in the jury’s presence that Shepherd argues require a new trial because of their impairment of the right of polling. Also, Shepherd argues…
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