Legal Opinion
Jackson v. United States
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided October 17, 1996No. 95-CF-1218PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEADMAN, Associate Judge:
Appellant challenges his convictions on two counts of unlawful possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance (“PWID”). 1 This case requires us to consider the proper course of action for the trial court when a jury instructed to make “all reasonable efforts” to agree on a greater offense expresses disagreement on that offense but returns a verdict on a lesser included offense, when the trial court is not satisfied under the circumstances that the jury has yet made adequate efforts. We reject appellant’s argument that the trial court must accept the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Richardson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- United States v. Anthony C. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Andrew TsanasCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Winters v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1974
- Harris v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1992
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Davidson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2012
- Wilson v. United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2007
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