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BREWSTER v. HETZEL

No. 16-16350.

913 F.3d 1042 (2019)

Sumnar Robert BREWSTER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Gary HETZEL, Attorney General, State of Alabama Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 22, 2019.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin L. Butler , Allison Case , Tobie John Smith , Federal Public Defender, BIRMINGHAM, AL, Sumnar Robert Brewster , Holman CF — Inmate Legal Mail, ATMORE, AL, for Petitioner-Appellant.

John J. Davis , Luther J. Strange, III , Alabama Attorney General's Office, MONTGOMERY, AL, Respondents-Appellees.

Before ED CARNES, Chief Judge, BRANCH, and FAY, Circuit Judges.

In olden days a number of methods were used to ensure that juries reached a unanimous verdict. From the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries, one "method of accelerating unanimity" was to prohibit jurors from eating or drinking until they all agreed on a verdict. 3 William Blackstone, Commentaries *375. And if jurors...

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