Does a defendant have a constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Snow, C073467 (Cal. App. 2015):
Defendant contends the trial court's instructions violated his constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict. Although defendant concedes this argument has been rejected in several appellate decisions, including our opinion in People v. Higgins (1992) 9 Cal.App.4th 294, he urges us to reject this precedent.
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