California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Mitchell, 248 Cal.Rptr.3d 587, 443 P.3d 1, 7 Cal.5th 561 (Cal. 2019):
(See People v. Buenrostro (2018) 6 Cal.5th 367, 430, 240 Cal.Rptr.3d 704, 430 P.3d 1179 ["In the scenario defendant envisions, a jury's reasonable understanding of the instructions as a whole would result in a hung jury, not a directed verdict for first degree murder"].)
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