“Turley ~ The judge is allowing the jury to disagree on what crime was being committed and still treat the verdict as unanimous Judge Merchan is working outside the guidelines of instruction to a jury.. he’s making a mockery of our justice system”
To be clear, they do have to agree on one crime, falsifying business records. But to make it a felony instead of a misdemeanor they also have to agree that he did it in the course of committing another crime. He’s not on trial for the other crime, so they have to agree only that he committed one in order for the falsifying to be considered a felony.
Correction: they do not even have to agree that he committed another crime, only that he intended to do so. That’s what would make falsification of business records a felony.
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Spin is all this corrupt DoJ has…
https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1795500511518486638?t=pbedNCyqgc-vPDRHkcx9jA&s=19
https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1795502901348987350?t=Qqa6diqg4aSdAFv4LppBjg&s=19
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Yep.
https://x.com/Chicago1Ray/status/1795473619264414009?t=jpkFFxclWe987vmIFbyT7g&s=19
“Turley ~ The judge is allowing the jury to disagree on what crime was being committed and still treat the verdict as unanimous Judge Merchan is working outside the guidelines of instruction to a jury.. he’s making a mockery of our justice system”
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To be clear, they do have to agree on one crime, falsifying business records. But to make it a felony instead of a misdemeanor they also have to agree that he did it in the course of committing another crime. He’s not on trial for the other crime, so they have to agree only that he committed one in order for the falsifying to be considered a felony.
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Here are the actual instructions to the jury. Instructions defining the crime begin on page 27. https://www.nycourts.gov/LegacyPDFS/press/PDFs/People%20v.%20DJT%20Jury%20Instructions%20and%20Charges%20FINAL%205-23-24.pdf
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Correction: they do not even have to agree that he committed another crime, only that he intended to do so. That’s what would make falsification of business records a felony.
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