What is the test for discharge of a jury that cannot agree on a verdict?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Paulson v. Superior Court of El Dorado County, 22 Cal.Rptr. 649, 372 P.2d 641, 58 Cal.2d 1 (Cal. 1962):
An extra-judicial report from the jury that it cannot agree on a verdict does not justify its discharge. Thus in People v. Cage, 48 Cal. 323, the court ordered the
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