P. v. Trefry CA1/1
During deliberations on 12 counts stemming from defendant’s molestation of his minor daughter, the jury reported it was deadlocked on three of the counts. The trial court instructed the jury with CALCRIM No. 3551, the instruction on further deliberations when a jury is deadlocked. After further deliberations, the jury returned guilty verdicts on 10 counts, including two of the three on which the jurors had previously been deadlocked. Defendant claims the court committed instructional error because CALCRIM No. 3551 is impermissibly coercive. We disagree and affirm.
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