Ronald O. Douglas v. United States

BECKWITH, Associate Judge:

A jury convicted appellant Ronald Douglas of possession with intent to distribute (PWID) marijuana. 1 Mr. Douglas now challenges that conviction, contending, among other things, that the trial court unduly coerced the jury by instructing it to reconsider the PWID charge after it twice stated it could not reach a unanimous verdict on that charge and went on, pursuant to the “reasonable efforts” instruction it was given, to find Mr. Douglas guilty of the lesser offense of possession of marijua na. We hold that under our decision in Jackson v. United States, 683 A.2d…