Is there any evidence that all jurors deliberated at a jury trial before making up their minds?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Moreno, G055455 (Cal. App. 2019):
Below, the prosecutor urged the trial court to investigate whether all jurors deliberated because she inferred from the statements of some jurors that other jurors had made up their mind before deliberations. (See People v. Homick (2012) 55 Cal.4th 816,
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