Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/24/2008

Commonwealth v. Greer

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951 A.2d 346
597 Pa. 373
2008 Pa. LEXIS 1179

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declining to adopt per se rule governing situation when trial court learns numerical division of deliberating jury
declining to adopt per se rule governing situation when trial court learns numerical division of deliberating jury
noting trial court’s decision to direct jury to deliberate further will not be disturbed on appeal unless there is a showing that the court abused its discretion or that the jury’s verdict was the product of coercion or fatigue
A Spencer charge is a non-coercive charge instructing the jurors to be true to their convictions but to reconsider their original views
unpersuaded by the argument that the fact the court knew the jury’s numerical division, as well as the identities of the holdouts as volunteered by the jury forewoman, makes an otherwise non- coercive instruction coercive
“These sorts of ephemeral psychological pressures are both inherent in the jury function and difficult to measure. . . . [W]e should tread carefully before allowing speculation about such effects to control the relevant jurisprudence.”

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Judges: Castille, Former, Cappy, Baldwin, Fitzgerald, Eakin, Baer, Saylor

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