Legal Opinion
United States v. John Jay Beattie
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 4, 1980No. 78-2381PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, Circuit Judge:
A jury found Beattie guilty on five counts of mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1341, and one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 371. Beattie appeals his conviction claiming that the trial judge erred when he instructed the jury, sua sponte, in a manner similar to that approved in Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492, 17 S.Ct. 154, 41 L.Ed. 528 (1896). That instruction, Beattie claims, coercively produced the guilty verdict and deprived him of a fair trial. We reject his claim and affirm the conviction.
The jury began deliberating at 3:40 p. m. on May 30, 1978,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Allen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Jenkins v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- United States v. John Fioravanti, Nicholas Panaccione, and Angelo Pepe, Nicholas PanaccioneCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Cecil RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Albert GoldsteinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by53 opinions
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- United States v. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1998
- United States v. Michael Warren Mason, United States of America v. William Casey Welsh, United States of America v. Mitchell ShieldsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1981
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