Legal Opinion
United States v. Anthony Gonzales
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 2, 2016No. 15-50762PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GREGG COSTA, Circuit Judge:
Special jury questions, common in civil trials, have long been disfavored in criminal law. That aversion dates back to the pre-Founding common law, which considered special questions to be an intrusion on the jury’s prerogative to give an up/ down vote on guilt with no explanation. United States v. Desmond, 670 F.2d 414, 416-18 (3d Cir. 1982). So strong was this view that an early twentieth century commentator described it as “one of the most essential features of the right of trial by jury that no jury should be compelled to find any but a general verdict in…
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