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If the jury cannot reach a unanimous verdict after a reasonable time given the nature and complexity of the case (but not less than four hours), then the court may accept a majority verdict. In criminal cases, an all-but-one vote is needed (i.e. 11–1 with a full jury); in civil cases, a three-quarters (75%) vote is needed (i.e. 9–3 with a ...
[7] [39] During the 1898 Louisiana constitutional convention, the Louisiana legislature ratified the split verdict law, making it possible to convict defendants on a jury verdict of 9–3. [10] This, in turn, created more convicts (especially freed blacks), and thus increased the numbers available for for-profit convict leasing. [7]
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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.
(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 ...
The first trial ended in a split verdict with one Aurora officer found guilty and another acquitted. McClain's mother, Sheneen McClain, left the courthouse Monday with a fist raised in the air.
Retrial is not possible if the verdict is overturned on the grounds of evidentiary insufficiency, rather than on the grounds of procedural faults. As noted above, if the trial court made a determination of evidentiary insufficiency, the determination would constitute a final acquittal; in Burks v.
A trial for a Georgia man charged in a 2020 mass shooting at a Greenville nightclub ended with a split verdict. Jarquez Kezavion Cooper, 24, of Athens Ga. was found guilty of murder and possession ...