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Abstract
An amendment to section 11, article 1 of the constitution of the state of Oregon permitted the concurrence of ten of the twelve jurors to control in criminal trials except in cases of murder in the first degree. It was claimed that this amendment discriminated against persons charged with second degree murder and in favor of those on trial for first degree murder, since in the latter case the jury could recommend life imprisonment which was the punishment prescribed in the former. The court held that there was no violation of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Federal Constitution. State v. Osbourne, (Ore. 1936) 57 P. (2d) 1083.
Recommended Citation
CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE - NON-UNANIMOUS VERDICTS - CONSTITUTIONALITY,
35
Mich. L. Rev.
146
(1936).
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