No. 18-9836

Dwight Brown v. United States

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2019-06-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: allen-charge coercion coercive-instruction criminal-procedure double-jeopardy due-process judicial-discretion jury-deliberation jury-deliberations mistrial verdict-review
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the district court erred or abused its discretion in reversing or rescinding its grant of mistrial

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

question presented is: Whether the district court erred or abused its discretion 1n reversing or rescinding its grant of mistrial below. 2. The second question presented is: Whether the district court's second Allen charge was improper or coercive, necessitating a vacating of the verdict below. i

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-07-18
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-07-09
Waiver of right of respondent United States to respond filed.
2019-06-25
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due July 29, 2019)

Attorneys

Dwight Brown
Seth Allen NeyhartLaw Office of Seth A. Neyhart, Petitioner
Seth Allen NeyhartLaw Office of Seth A. Neyhart, Petitioner
United States
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent
Noel J. FranciscoSolicitor General, Respondent