What is the test for a jury to convict a defendant of only one count?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Jean-Baptiste, 2008 NY Slip Op 33750 (U) (N.Y. Cty. Ct. 2008):
vote to convict a defendant of one count on the basis of different offenses, avoiding the risk that the jurors may not have been unanimous as to any one of the crimes charged. Id. at 38; People v. Keindl, 68 N.Y.2d 410, 417-418, 509 N.Y.S.2d 790 (1986).
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