Robert Leake v. United States

BLACKBURNE-RIGSBY, Associate Judge:

Before us is an appeal challenging the trial court’s actions following an aborted jury poll. Appellant Robert Leake was convicted of carrying a pistol without a license, unlawful possession of a firearm, possession of an unregistered firearm, and unlawful possession of ammunition. 1 Appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion by failing to perceive the inherent potential for jury coercion following a juror’s dissent in open court, and by relying on improper factors when it denied appellant’s motion for a mistrial and required the jury to…