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If one juror votes not guilty and does not cave, does it go to mistrial or acquittal?


5 posted on 11/05/2019 5:55:26 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
-- If one juror votes not guilty and does not cave, does it go to mistrial or acquittal? --

That depends on what the judge had for breakfast. Total judge call there. Judges like guilty verdicts. They do not like not-guilty verdicts.

7 posted on 11/05/2019 5:59:14 PM PST by Cboldt
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To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
If one juror votes not guilty and does not cave, does it go to mistrial or acquittal?

Mistrial.

32 posted on 11/05/2019 8:17:09 PM PST by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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