Webster v. Toulon Township High School District No. 4

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• holding that an acquittal on one count and a conviction on another count survives a claim of inconsistency if there is sufficient evidence to support the conviction
• defendant’s acquittal of murder in first trial did not bar his retrial on felony-murder charge after jury was deadlocked on felony-murder in first trial
• “[C]onviction on the lesser-included robbery offense constitutes an acquittal on the greater felony-murder charge, notwithstanding the jury’s express deadlock.”
• “Hoover’s conviction on the lesser-included robbery offense constitutes an acquittal on the greater felony-murder charge, notwithstanding the jury’s express deadlock. The State is therefore barred from retrying Hoover for felony murder.”

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