Could Hunter's Jury Deliver a Split Verdict?

In connection with the Trump trial, when I surmised that we’d get a quick verdict, that was because of the logic, as it were, of what District Attorney Alvin Bragg had charged. He had taken what essentially was one transaction and diced it into 34. The point was not to reiterate all of the legal reasons why it was wrong for the DA to do that; it was to try to see the case as the jurors must be seeing it: It wasn’t like they had to make 34 decisions; rather, they had to make just one decision and then reaffirm it 34 times.

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The Hunter Biden gun trial is different. The indictment sets forth three counts, and I can see a logic for a split verdict — in this instance, a couple of guilty verdicts combined with an acquittal.

Ed Morrissey

I hadn't considered the possibility before now, but it does make some sense. Andy thinks the illegal-possession charge is the most vulnerable to a nullification effort because it relies on defining "addict," and that leaves enough room for jury sympathies to play out. The two charges for false statements are tougher for a fair jury to get around, and Andy thinks that the judge conducted a fair trial and offered fair instructions to the jury. We'll see soon enough. 

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