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RUCKER v. GASCON

No. 15743.

284 F.2d 244 (1960)

Jean L. RUCKER, Appellant, v. Pedro C. GASCON, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided November 17, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Fred C. Sacks, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Harry C. Lewis, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Sol Friedman, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Leonard L. Lipshultz, Roscoe A. Faretta and Hyman L. Rosenberg, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, FAHY, and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The plaintiff in a negligence suit appeals from a judgment for the defendant. While the jury was deliberating, the trial judge permitted it to return to the courtroom to look at blackboard drawings of the scene of the accident. The blackboard had been shown to the jury, and both counsel had used it for demonstration purposes, but it had not been formally introduced in evidence. It would have been better practice not to let the jury re-examine the blackboard...

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