In brief summary of the United States court case U.S of America, Appellee, v. Tywanne M. Aldridge Tywanne is the following. Tywanne Aldridge is a former Kansas University football player who was arrested and charged with two felony crimes in 2000 as a result of a reverse sting operation with the FBI (U.S Publishing Office, 2005). The first charge was conspiracy to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, and the second possession of a weapon in furtherance of a drug trafficking violation (U.S Publishing Office, 2005). Aldridge was arrested with his cousins Monroe Lockhart and Preston Gardenhire and his uncle Chris McFarlane (The United States District Court For The Western District Of Missouri Western Division, 2007). Before Aldridge’s trial
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When looking into an Allen charge there are four factors to consider about its possible coercive nature. The first is “the content if the instruction” (U.S Publishing Office, 2005). The second is “the length of deliberation after the Allen charge was issued” ((U.S Publishing Office, 2005). The third is the total length of deliberation, and the fourth is any indication of that the jury might have been coerced or pressured into a verdict (U.S Publishing Office, 2005). After a review of the facts surrounding Aldridge’s case the court could not find any evidence that concluded as coercive in nature and consequently the Allen charge was found insufficient with no grounds for …show more content…
They could have questioned McFarlane about Aldridge involvement for with drugs. The defense also could have requested for FBI Special Agent Richard Schoeberl to recall McFarlane’s statement about Aldridge’s involvement. To have proved that McFarlane’s testimony was prejudicial to the defense they would have had to have evidence (U.S Publishing Office, 2005). According to the United States Court of Appeals report Aldridge depend on the United States v. Barnes case where the defense was barred to cross-examine a police office that withheld video evidence. The cases have two clearly separate agendas. In Aldridge’s case the accused inconsistencies could have been cleared up by adding a witness and asking the right questions to not only McFarlane about his criminal past but to the FBI agent that assisted Agent Young as well. The notion that his right was infringed seemed unlikely to the
When looking into an Allen charge there are four factors to consider about its possible coercive nature. The first is “the content if the instruction” (U.S Publishing Office, 2005). The second is “the length of deliberation after the Allen charge was issued” ((U.S Publishing Office, 2005). The third is the total length of deliberation, and the fourth is any indication of that the jury might have been coerced or pressured into a verdict (U.S Publishing Office, 2005). After a review of the facts surrounding Aldridge’s case the court could not find any evidence that concluded as coercive in nature and consequently the Allen charge was found insufficient with no grounds for …show more content…
They could have questioned McFarlane about Aldridge involvement for with drugs. The defense also could have requested for FBI Special Agent Richard Schoeberl to recall McFarlane’s statement about Aldridge’s involvement. To have proved that McFarlane’s testimony was prejudicial to the defense they would have had to have evidence (U.S Publishing Office, 2005). According to the United States Court of Appeals report Aldridge depend on the United States v. Barnes case where the defense was barred to cross-examine a police office that withheld video evidence. The cases have two clearly separate agendas. In Aldridge’s case the accused inconsistencies could have been cleared up by adding a witness and asking the right questions to not only McFarlane about his criminal past but to the FBI agent that assisted Agent Young as well. The notion that his right was infringed seemed unlikely to the