What is the effect of a balanced instruction by the court to a deadlocked jury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Krische v. Smith, 662 F.2d 177 (2nd Cir. 1981):
1 Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492, 501, 17 S.Ct. 154, 157, 41 L.Ed. 528 (1896), approved a general form of balanced instruction by the court to a deadlocked jury, urging continued deliberations to reach agreement if possible, but with a reminder that a juror may not cast a vote for a verdict against his conscientiously held individual belief.
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