A federal appeals court has affirmed a trial judge’s decision to tell a jury to keep deliberating after a poll showed its verdict was not unanimous.
Robert McDonald was convicted of one count each of securities, wire and mail fraud in July 2011 before Southern District Judge John Koeltl (See Profile). Once the jury’s guilty verdicts were announced, Koeltl had jurors polled as to whether that was indeed their verdict.
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