Legal Opinion
Salmon v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided November 13, 1997No. 96-CM-1131PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHWELB, Associate Judge:
Edward Salmon was convicted by an eleven-member jury of one misdemeanor count of threats to do bodily harm to his wife, Charlene Wilson, in violation of D.C.Code § 22-507 (1996). On appeal, Salmon contends that the trial judge abused her discretion by excusing a juror after deliberations had commenced and by permitting the trial to proceed with a jury of eleven. We affirm.
I
THE EVIDENCE
The trial in this case began on the morning of July 1, 1996. The prosecution presented evidence showing that on the evening of September 23, 1995, the young couple1 were entertaining…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Yee v. City of EscondidoSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
- United States v. MechanikSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Hansford P. Miller v. Jackson AviromCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States v. Richard Lowell Stratton, Steven Parness, Leonard Parness, and Bernard FarbarCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by33 opinions
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