Wilson v. United States

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

Jermaine J. Wilson was charged with armed carjacking and related offenses. He contends that the trial judge committed reversible error by refusing to enforce his right to an “acquittal first” instruction when the jury convicted him of the lesser-included offense of (unarmed) carjacking *1193without first acquitting him of the greater offense of armed carjacking (on which it ultimately deadlocked). Wilson further contends that double jeopardy principles bar his retrial on the armed carjacking charge.

We reject Wilson’s first contention because his trial counsel, informed…