2 Md. App. 768 - Mason v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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8 state decisions

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1. ““In Ledbetter v. State, 224 Md. 271 , it was held that a conviction on one count may stand even in the face of an inconsistent acquittal on another count. To the same effect, see Williams v. State, 204 Md. 55 and Leet v. State, 203 Md. 285 . See also Dunn v. United States, 284 U. S. 390, 393 , where Mr. Justice Holmes held that consistency in the verdict is not necessary since the verdict may have been the result of compromise or a mistake on the part of a jury; and Steckler v. United States, 7 F. 2d 59 (2d Cir.), where Judge Learned Hand observed, at page 60, that ‘the most that can be said in such cases is that the verdict shows that either in the acquittal or the conviction the jury did not speak their real conclusions, but that does not show that they were not convinced of the defendant’s guilt.’ ””

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 24 Md. App. 128 - Andresen v. State