What if a jury could not agree on which act was offending?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Sanchez, B267779 (Cal. App. 2017):
jurors could have disagreed on which act was offending. A court is required to give a unanimity instruction "when the evidence suggests more than one discrete crime." (People v. Russo (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1124, 1132.) The instruction is intended to prevent a conviction when " 'there is no single offense which all the jurors agree the defendant committed.' " (Ibid.)
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