Charles A. Grant v. United States

KING, Senior Judge:

On July 12, 2011, appellant Charles A. Grant was convicted by a jury of bias-related threats, 1 and acquitted of bias-related assault (with a bottle), 2 and two counts of possession of a prohibited weapon (a bottle and a knife). 3 On appeal, he contends that his conviction should be reversed because there was a substantial risk that the jury verdict was coerced by the trial court’s response to a jury note regarding a “difficult” environment in the jury room, and the trial court violated Superior Court Criminal Procedure Rule 36-1 4 by reading a juror’s note to the jury…