What is the effect of supplemental instruction in a jury trial where the jury has deliberated for some time?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from People v. Moraga, 244 Cal.App.2d 565, 53 Cal.Rptr. 563 (Cal. App. 1966):

The situation here is far different from that which exists where, after a jury has deliberated for some time, they are recalled and the court seeks to induce a verdict. It was in the latter context that the supplemental instruction, ¹ discussed and condemned in People v. Baumgartner (1958) 166 Cal.App.2d 103, 332 P.2d 366, was given. And even where the challenged instruction is given after deliberations have proceeded for some time, it will not necessarily be regarded as coercive if it merely urges on a jury the importance of giving reasonable consideration to the views of others. (People

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