#JuryInstructions

NonilexMarc F. Scholl, who served in the Manhattan DA’s office for nearly 4 decades, specializing in white-collar crimes & appeals, said: “Recently, there has been some slight loosening about whether it can be done w/ the defense’s consent, but it remains a minefield that judges do not want to risk.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Deliberations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deliberations</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CatchAndKill</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectionInterference</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HushMoney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HushMoney</a>

NonilexWhy <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jurors</a> in the NY <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> can’t have a copy of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>:The prohibition against jurors being provided a copy of written <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> instructions comes from a 1987 decision by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewYork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewYork</a> Court of Appeals in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeopleVOwens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeopleVOwens</a>.The court found that “the distribution of written instructions to the jury is not expressly authorized by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>, & error in such submissions cannot be deemed harmless,” meaning: providing instructions would result in a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conviction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conviction</a> being <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/overturned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overturned</a>.

NonilexAs Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> re-reads the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> has had his eyes closed, & his chin has sometimes slumped to his chest. At other times, his head has been fallen backwards — just waiting for his mouth to drop open & let flies enter. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NodFarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NodFarter</a> Merchan is now in the middle of p 17 of the instructions, explaining jurors can consider whether any <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/witness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#witness</a> would benefit from his or her own <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#testimony</a>. (hmm)<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jury</a> is back in the courtroom. The court reporter is on the stand to read the four portions of testimony.The judge asks the jury whether they want to hear the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/testimony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#testimony</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a> first.Justice Merchan is beginning w/ p6, which starts w/ directing jurors how to consider <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evidence</a>, & ending w/ p 35, where the judge explains how his instructions on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> apply to the counts in the case.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> Thurs 30 May 2024 🧵<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Deliberations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deliberations</a> continue Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> says he believes that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jury</a> wants him to repeat a significant portion of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>.He will read pages 6-35.Each page yesterday took him just a little more than a minute, so this will take >30 mins.Between that & the testimony readbacks, also expected to take >30 mins, there will likely be >1 hour this morning w/the jury in the courtroom, not actively deliberating.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jurors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jurors</a> returned, & Justice Merchan reads the 2 notes they sent aloud to them as they sit in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/jury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#jury</a> box.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> says the readback of the relevant testimony, which has not yet been located, will take ~30 mins. He asks them whether they want to hear all of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a> again, or part of them. He says that they can discuss that in private.Then, Merchan dismisses the jury for the day.No <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/verdict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#verdict</a> today — not that I expected one.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deliberations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deliberations</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GOP</a> allies lie about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a> Sen <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> tweeted that Justice Merchan told the jury that they don't have to unanimously agree on which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crime</a> was committed."Judge in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> case in NYC just told jury they don’t have to unanimously agree on which crime was committed as long as they all at least pick one. And that among the crimes the can pick from are ones Trump WASN’T EVEN CHARGED WITH!!! This is exactly the kind of sham trial used”Oy vey. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a> are on the NYcourts website:<a href="https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/People%20v.%20DJT%20Jury%20Instructions%20and%20Charges%20FINAL%205-23-24.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/People%20v.%20DJT%20Jury%20Instructions%20and%20Charges%20FINAL%205-23-24.pdf</a>

NonilexThe jury has entered.Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> greets jurors & immediately begins reading the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>. He tells them the instructions will take ≥1 hr to get through. He explains that any changes in his inflection are not intended to send a message. Merchan tells jurors that it is not his responsibility to judge the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/evidence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#evidence</a> in the case. “It is yours,” he says. “You are the judges of the facts, & you are responsible for deciding whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a>

NonilexTues 29 May 2024 🧵 Good morning! It’s the last day of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> before jury <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/deliberations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deliberations</a>. Today Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> will give <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>. Then they will discuss the case among themselves for the first time; they have not been allowed to even discuss it w/each other as yet.Closing arguments took place yesterday, & the lawyers will have no further opportunity to address the jurors before they determine whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guilty</a> or not guilty of 34 felonies.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexJustice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> tells the attys he will get them a final version of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a> by end of the day Thurs.Court is adjourned.Testimony in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> is over.The jury will be back in a week for closing arguments.Thanks for reading 🥰<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CatchAndKill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CatchAndKill</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElectionInterference</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MobTactics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MobTactics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GagOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GagOrder</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StochasticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StochasticTerrorism</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StormyDaniels</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KarenMcDougal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KarenMcDougal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NodFarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NodFarter</a>

NonilexJustice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a>: “My answer hasn’t changed, & honestly I find it disingenuous for you to make the argument at this point.”Merchan tells <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bove</a> not to stand up again [patience lost]Merchan: “I let you speak.”Now, Justice Merchan says, it is your turn to speak.Bove says that he is not being disingenuous, & clarifies that he’s making his argument for the record — [for appeal] Merchan tells Bove [again] that he’s repeating himself..<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>

NonilexAnd there it is, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> signifies he’s losing patience w/ Bove as he continues to argue a decided issue. Bove insists it’s important, & generously Merchan gives him another chance to speak. But now Merchan repeats his previous decisions on the issue above is harping on, namely that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MichaelCohen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MichaelCohen</a> was <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s atty when the charged conduct took place.[this should not be an issue in any court. It’s called <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrimeFraudException" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheCrimeFraudException</a> to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AttorneyClientPrivilege" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AttorneyClientPrivilege</a>.]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bove</a> argues for a limiting instruction about the “legitimate purpose” of testimony about the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AccessHollywood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AccessHollywood</a> tape.The testimony was used to show that the publication of the tape changed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s view on the need to silence the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StormyDaniels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StormyDaniels</a> story.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> asks defense for specific transcript pages at issue, but said for now he agrees w/the prosecution that it’s unnecessary.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> atty <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Bove</a> also asks for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a> about setting aside any preexisting prejudice they may have against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> was going to deny the request (that’s what jury selection was for), but prosecution offers a version w/more neutral language, & Merchan agrees.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a>

NonilexAfter a break, Justice <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> tells the attys that they've gone through his concerns about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a> & asks prosecutors & defense about theirs.Merchan denies defense’s ask for instruction that NDAs not being illegal (no shit), & notes there’s been plenty of testimony to that point & they can argue it on summation.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>

NonilexProsecution argues that would be special treatment for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> & he should be treated like any other defendant.Just because the case itself is unique is not a reason for “deviating from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>, it’s a reason for applying the law.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Merchan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Merchan</a> says, “There’s no reason to rewrite the law for this case.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>

NonilexDefense argues that to reach a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guilty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guilty</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/verdict" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#verdict</a> jurors MUST not only to agree <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unanimously" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unanimously</a> that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> had falsified records to conceal a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a> to win an election by unlawful means, but also jurors must be unanimous on what the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/UnlawfulMeans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UnlawfulMeans</a> are; making reaching a verdict nearly impossible.Trump's attys argued that while that unanimity is not required by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>, Justice Merchan can use his discretion in asking for it.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpTrial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpTrial</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JuryInstructions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JuryInstructions</a>

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