Does the jury have to unanimously agree a defendant committed at least one act of unlawful sexual intercourse?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Brown, C079579 (Cal. App. 2017):
And, while concerns about unanimity arise when different acts are used to prove a single count (see, e.g., People v. Russo (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1124, 1132), here, the jury was instructed that it had to unanimously agree the People had proved defendant had committed at least one such act of unlawful sexual intercourse and agree which act
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