Supreme Court of California

Jury instruction, requiring jurors to inform the court of any incident of jury nullification, did not violate defendant's rights to a fair trial and a unanimous verdict, but such instruction creates a risk of unnecessary intrusion in the deliberative process, and should not be given in the future.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/18/2002
• Published 07/18/2002

Judges

• GEORGE, C.J.

Court

• Supreme Court of California

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
•  Kyle Marie Wesendorf, under appointment by the Supreme Court, Solana Beach, for Defendant and Appellant., Bill Lockyer, Attorney General, David P. Druliner and Robert R. Anderson, Chief Assistant Attorneys General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, Raquel M. Gonzalez, Esteban Hernandez, Jeffrey J. Koch and Peter Quon, Jr., Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.