What is the test for unanimously agreeing that a defendant is guilty of a single crime?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Drake, B294360 (Cal. App. 2020):
3. Nor was the jury required to agree on that point. "[W]here the evidence shows only a single discrete crime but leaves room for disagreement as to exactly how that crime was committed or what the defendant's precise role was, the jury need not unanimously agree on the basis or ... the 'theory' whereby the defendant is guilty." (People v. Russo (2001) 25 Cal.4th 1124, 1132.)
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