By Lindsey Erin Kroskob lkroskob@wyomingnews.com
The three paragraphs potentially have the power to break up a deadlocked jury. No wonder the Allen charge is sometimes called "the dynamite charge. As jurors in Mayor Shelia A. Dixon's criminal trial left Baltimore City Circuit Court after their second day of deliberations Friday, Visiting Judge Dennis M. Sweeney advised them to take a mental break over the weekend. But if the discussion in the jury room continues to only yield disagreement, Sweeney can give what legal observers describe as a nudge toward reaching a verdict.
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BY WARREN FISKE THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
When the Taney County jury announced his acquittal on a child sex abuse charge, Luther Mitchell slumped in his chair, tears pooling in his eyes. Joseph W. Allen, Mitchell's Branson defense attorney, spoke quietly to his client. "Don't look at the jury, don't thank them. Just keep looking straight forward. We'll celebrate when we get out of here." The accuser's family sat in the courtroom, and Allen wanted to respect their emotions about the case.
John P. Allen, the 51-year-old Bath man arrested in connection with a fatal car crash last month, was in court Friday to face another charge - drug trafficking. The charge stems from a search of Allen's home Wednesday night - during what Bath police are calling a routine check - that turned up a large number of prescription painkillers. Under Maine's bail code, people who are free on bail are subject to random searches by police. Allen's attorney, Andrews Bruce Campbell of Waldoboro, made a motion to dismiss the trafficking charge, arguing that police conducted an unreasonable search and therefore violated his client's Fourth Amendment rights.
There were ballet dancers at BYU before 1971, but they belonged to a student club. Ballet dancing was an extracurricular activity. But all that changed when the university decided it could sponsor an official performing group, and BYU Theatre Ballet was born. The program was pretty meager in the early years, says Sandra Allen, who was put in charge of it then and is currently associate department of dance chair at BYU. "We had a little budget. Most of our works were choreographed by students. But we did have some fine performances.
Ronald Allen Sr. Ronald Allen Sr., 57, of South Charleston died Oct. 23, 2008. Preston Funeral Home, Charleston, is in charge of arrangements.
FARMINGTON -- The following cases were closed recently in : Ashlea N. Allen, 23, Naples, criminal mischief, aggravated criminal mischief on July 29, 2009, found guilty on first charge, unconditional discharge; second charge dismissed.
In what police say is Montgomery County's first gang investigation of its kind, seven people calling themselves "9 Trey Bloods" were arrested Thursday. Elon Blaine Horton III, 20, and Michael Allen Simpkins, 19, each face one felony charge for gang participation. Horton also was charged with felony possession of a firearm, according to a Christiansburg Police Department news release.
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