Ronald Williams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted of robbery. 22 D.C.Code § 2901 (1961). He asks reversal of his conviction on two grounds: (1) admission by the trial court of hearsay evidence from a policeman, and (2) disclosure in open court of the division of the jury during deliberation, followed by a coercive supplemental instruction to the jury. We reverse on the latter ground.
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The Government’s evidence showed that a wallet was picked from the pocket of a man on a crowded bus. A policeman was allowed to testify that a woman had told him she had seen the appellant with a wallet in his hand…
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