California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gonzalez, E056554 (Cal. App. 2014):
The jury received the case on May 17, 2012. On May 22 the jury sent a note indicating they could not reach a decision. The trial judge delivered a further instruction derived from People v. Moore (2002) 96 Cal.app.4th 1105 (Moore).3 Defendant argues that the Moore instruction used in response to the jury's note coerced the verdict. Finding no impropriety in the decision to give the instruction and no defect in the instruction, we affirm.
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