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  • Re: Jury unable to reach verdicts - what happens next?

    From NY@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 19 12:48:05 2024
    On 19/06/2024 12:46, NY wrote:
    If a person is tried for various charges of different severities, is
    there any rule which says that they must either reach verdicts on all
    the charges or else none of them?

    Sorry, I meant "is there any rule which says that *the jury* must either
    reach verdicts on all the charges or else none of them?"

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  • From NY@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 19 12:46:41 2024
    If a person is tried for various charges of different severities, is
    there any rule which says that they must either reach verdicts on all
    the charges or else none of them?

    Suppose the evidence for the most serious charges is ambiguous and after
    many hours of deliberation the jury is still split and cannot reach a
    unanimous or majority verdict of either guilty or not guilty. But
    suppose (and I'm speculating, because no information has yet been
    released about the case that I'm thinking of, which I won't name!) the
    jury *had* reached verdicts on the lesser charges: would they be allowed
    to return verdicts on those?

    If a retrial is ordered, can the CPS choose to pursue some of the
    charges on which a conviction is more likely, and not to pursue the more serious one which may (I'm speculating!) have been the sticking-point?

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  • From Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jun 19 16:32:46 2024
    On Wed, 19 Jun 2024 12:48:05 +0100, NY <[email protected]> wrote:

    On 19/06/2024 12:46, NY wrote:
    If a person is tried for various charges of different severities, is
    there any rule which says that they must either reach verdicts on all
    the charges or else none of them?

    Sorry, I meant "is there any rule which says that *the jury* must either >reach verdicts on all the charges or else none of them?"

    The judge will instruct the jury on how to proceed.

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