Legal Opinion
United States v. Antonio Luis Burgos
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1995No. 94-5300PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Chief Judge ERVIN wrote the opinion, in which Judge RUSSELL and Senior Judge MacKENZIE joined.
OPINION
ERVIN, Chief Judge:
Antonio Luis Burgos appeals his conviction for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Burgos levels two criticisms against the district court, the more substantial of which challenges the propriety of the Allen charge issued to a deadlocked jury. Because we find that the district court failed to provide a sufficiently balanced Allen charge, admonishing both the majority and…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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