State v. Copple’s Empirical Analysis

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15 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “(1) the amount of time the jury deliberates before the instruction is given, (2) the amount of time that elapses between the reading of the instruction and the verdict, (3) whether the trial court knows numerically how the jury is split and the position of the majority, and (4) whether the giving of the instruction conforms with the Notes on Use.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Williams

2. “[I]f the jury further deliberated a considerable amount of time [after receiving the instruction but] before returning a unanimous verdict, that may indicate that the jury followed the instruction and considered and deliberated upon each other's viewpoints.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Brand