Court Opinion

ID: 9847764
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-24 04:07:09.189718+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:17:32.110154
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RAWLINGS, Justice
(concurring specially) .
I concur in the result because trial errors were not preserved for appellate review.
I must, however, voice strong disapproval of the in-course-of-deliberations questioning of the jury by trial judge as to the numerical standing of jurors on a verdict. See Brasfield v. United States, 272 U.S. 448, 47 S.Ct. 135, 71 L.Ed. 345 (1926); Jacobs v. United States, 279 F.2d 826, 828-832 (8th Cir. 1960).
Furthermore, I respectfully adhere to the position taken in the dissent in State v. Kelley, 161 N.W.2d 123, 127 (Iowa 1968), regarding the giving of a post-submission verdict-urging instruction, commonly referred to as the “Allen” or “dynamite” charge.