William T. Fulwood v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BURGER, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was convicted on two counts of robbery and sentenced to concurrent terms of from two to six years’ imprisonment. This appeal challenges the trial judge’s use of the so-called Allen charge. 1 The attack takes two forms: first, that the Allen charge is per se coercive; second, that it was particularly coercive in this case because of the circumstances in which it was given and because of the manner in which the wording differed from that approved by the Supreme Court.
The Allen charge has faced frequent attack, but the Supreme Court by implication recently…
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2Cases cited19 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Gordon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. Elliott Kahaner, Antonio Corallo and James Vincent KeoghCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Kawakita v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by55 opinions
- State v. TylerOhio Supreme Court · 1990
- United States v. Anthony C. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Ollie Melvin Hodges v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
- Winters v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Smith v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
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