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CRAWFORD v. FENTON

No. 80-1608.

646 F.2d 810 (1981)

Rooks E. CRAWFORD v. Peter J. FENTON, Superintendent of New Jersey State Prison, Rahway Charles Cummings, Sheriff of Essex County, and the State of New Jersey Appeal of the STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided March 27, 1981.

Rehearing Denied April 23, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Degnan, Atty. Gen. of New Jersey, Trenton, N.J., for appellant; Donald S. Coburn, Essex County Prosecutor, Newark, N.J., of counsel; Richard R. Uslan (argued), Asst. Essex County Prosecutor, Newark, N.J., on brief.

Stanley C. Van Ness, Public Defender, James A. Vigliotti (argued), Asst. Deputy Public Defender, Elizabeth, N.J., for appellee.

Before ADAMS, GARTH and SLOVITER, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GARTH, Circuit Judge.

After three days of deliberation, the jury found defendant Rooks Edward Crawford guilty of conspiring to violate the narcotics laws of New Jersey. The state trial judge, however, believing that the jury's answers to special interrogatories were inconsistent with the guilty verdict, ordered the jury to continue its deliberations. After a day of further deliberation the jury, displaying confusion, asked to be released...

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