BROWN v. U.S.

No. 02-CM-531.

818 A.2d 179 (2003)

Thalia BROWN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided March 13, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan P. Willmott for appellant.

Lisa H. Schertler, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Roscoe C. Howard, Jr., United States Attorney, and John R. Fisher, Roy W. McLeese, III, Jeffrey W. Bellin, and Ann H. Petalas, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WAGNER, Chief Judge, and FARRELL and WASHINGTON, Associate Judges.


FARRELL, Associate Judge:

A jury found appellant guilty of one count each of distributing marijuana and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute. The sole question on appeal is whether the trial judge abused her discretion when, after the jury had begun deliberating, she (a) dismissed a juror upon finding that he had refused to take part in the deliberations and (b) allowed a jury of eleven to continue to verdict. Although the issue brings into focus once more...

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