(DOWNLOAD) "People V. Palmer" by California Supreme Court # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: People V. Palmer
- Author : California Supreme Court
- Release Date : January 18, 2001
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 68 KB
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We granted review to decide whether the so-called rule of consistency-that the acquittal of all alleged coconspirators but one requires acquittal of the remaining alleged conspirator-requires the reversal of a conspiracy conviction in this case, and whether similar principles require the reversal of a finding as to one but not both co-defendants that an attempted murder was premeditated. We conclude that the rule of consistency is a vestige of the past with no continuing validity. Many reasons may explain apparently inconsistent verdicts: lenience, compromise, differing evidence as to different defendants, or, possibly, that two juries simply viewed similar evidence differently. If substantial evidence supports a jury verdict as to one defendant, that verdict may stand despite an apparently inconsistent verdict as to another defendant.
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