TTF14
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I agree with you on so much of this - except here. If I were on the jury, no matter what the judge instructs me to do, I have free will. And frankly, if there is a sticking point for me, no matter what you or other jurors might say, if I can't get clarification from the State, or the D has argued out of it reasonably well in my own opinion, then I'm afraid I'm not voting for guilty. To me as a juror, the case the State makes must make SENSE and it must be pretty air tight, otherwise, I'm the State's worst nightmare as a juror as I can't just get in line with the prevailing theory.
Jury instructions include verbiage to the effect of, "You may give each piece of evidence and person's testimony the weight you think it deserves. You can believe all of it, some of it, or none of it. You are the sole deciders of facts in this case."
Sample jury instructions: https://www.mncourts.gov/mncourtsgo...ases/27-CR-18-6859/JuryInstructions042919.pdf
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