Is there any evidence that a reconstituted jury was coerced into reaching a verdict?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from People v. Williams, 192 Cal.Rptr.3d 266, 355 P.3d 444, 61 Cal.4th 1244 (Cal. 2015):

There is no merit to defendant's claim that the reconstituted jury was coerced into reaching a verdict or that it failed to deliberate anew. We presume [it] followed the trial court's instructions to begin the deliberation anew [citation], and defendant's speculation to the contrary does not persuade us to conclude otherwise. (People v. Fuiava (2012) 53 Cal.4th 622, 716, 137 Cal.Rptr.3d 147, 269 P.3d 568.) Here, that presumption is supported by the actual, deliberative conduct of the reconstituted jury. It requested a readback

[61 Cal.4th 1280]

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