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The existence of a circuit split is one of the factors that the Supreme Court of the United States considers when deciding whether to grant review of a case. [2] Some scholars suggest that the Supreme Court is more likely to grant review of a case to resolve a circuit split than for any other reason. [3]
Federal law requires that juries return a unanimous verdict—one that all members of the jury agree upon—in criminal trials. [2] While most states follow the same requirement for felony convictions, at the time when Apodaca reached the U.S. Supreme Court, neither Oregon nor Louisiana required state court juries to return unanimous verdicts.
In the summary jury trial, either the verdict returned will be a "split the difference" type decision, in which the parties will have been given an outline of a settlement, or the verdict will cause one party to worry about its chances at trial. In that event, that party is likely to be much more receptive to settlement offers from the other side.
Two supporters of President Donald Trump arrested after driving a Hummer with guns and ammunition to a Philadelphia site where votes were being counted in November 2020 were convicted of weapons ...
(Reuters) -A jury in Colorado on Thursday found police officer Randy Roedema guilty of criminally negligent homicide in the 2019 killing of Elijah McClain, a young Black man who died after being ...
A jury reached a split verdict on Friday in a case involving a mother charged with abandoning a newborn child in the woods in subfreezing temperatures. Jurors found 27-year-old Alexandra Eckersley ...
The process of introducing a consent decree begins with negotiation. [5] One of three things happens: a lawsuit is filed and the parties concerned reach an agreement prior to adjudication of the contested issues; a lawsuit is filed and actively contested, and the parties reach an agreement after the court has ruled on some issues; or the parties settle their dispute prior to the filing of a ...
Hazing death trial ends in split verdict for Bowling Green frat brothers, not guilty on manslaughter charges. ... was handed a one-liter bottle of Evan Williams bourbon on March 4, 2021, and told ...