Is there a federal constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Calloway, 176 Misc.2d 161, 672 N.Y.S.2d 638 (N.Y. Cty. Ct. 1998):
2 This court notes there is no federal constitutional right to a unanimous jury verdict. Apodaca v. Oregon, 406 U.S. 404, 92 S.Ct. 1628, 32 L.Ed.2d 184 (1972).
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