Peter Anthony Traylor v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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2 state decisions

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1. “[Trial Court]: I received your note last night indicating that the jury did not believe that Mr. Traylor was guilty of the [charged] offense, but that there was a disagreement amongst the jurors in the lesser included offense and that you were hung up on that issue and that the vote on that apparently changed by only one juror from last night into today, even after deliberating for almost three hours today. So the note that I received ... is that the jury is hopelessly deadlocked; is that correct?”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Traylor, Peter Anthony

2. “Unless you so find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt, or if you have a reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of [first-degree burglary], or if you cannot agree , you will next consider whether he is guilty of [second-degree burglary] as instructed below.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Traylor, Peter Anthony

3. “the jury that if it is unable to reach a verdict, a mistrial will result, the case will still be pending, and there is no guarantee that a second jury would find the issue any easier to resolve.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Traylor, Peter Anthony