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SHOTIKARE v. U.S.

No. 97-CF-1702.

779 A.2d 335 (2001)

Eniola A. SHOTIKARE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 23, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. McCarthy, Washington, DC, was on the brief for appellant.

Wilma A. Lewis, United States Attorney at the time the brief was filed, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, John Moustakas, and Ann K.H. Simon, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief for appellee.

Before SCHWELB, FARRELL, and GLICKMAN, Associate Judges.

GLICKMAN, Associate Judge:

The main issue in this appeal is whether the trial judge abused his discretion when he dismissed a juror for threatening a fellow juror and disrupting deliberations, and when he thereafter denied a mistrial and permitted deliberations to continue. The eleven remaining members of the jury found appellant Eniola A. Shotikare guilty on all counts. We hold that the trial judge exercised his discretion properly in excusing the disruptive juror...

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