Legal Opinion
United States v. Keenan Aubrey Davis
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 22, 2016No. 15-10927PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VINSON, District Judge:
The verdict form is one of the most important parts of a criminal jury trial, but it often receives the least attention. This is a case in point.
The defendants here were charged (and found guilty of several counts) in an .eight-count superseding indictment. The verdict forms that were given to the jury mistakenly listed one of the counts as “robbery” instead of “using a firearm during and in relation to [a robbery].” Everyone missed the error—the defendants and the government (who jointly submitted the verdict forms), the district court judge, and court personnel—and…
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- United States v. Shawanna ReevesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2014
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