Deliberación y veredicto del jurado en procesos penales

Explicación Simple

Cuando un jurado revisa un caso, tiene que pensar y decidir si alguien es culpable o no. Si el juez decide no mostrar alguna acusación al jurado, esa acusación ya no cuenta y se considera como si nunca existió.

Es como cuando en un juego de mesa decides no usar ciertas cartas porque todos están de acuerdo. Esas cartas no influirán en el resultado final del juego.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan es acusado de dos delitos, pero el juez decide que solo uno de ellos se presentará al jurado porque la fiscalía está de acuerdo. Al final, si el jurado no ve el segundo cargo, se considera que ese cargo no se tomó en cuenta en el juicio.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

its submission of such information to the jury, should, so far as practicable, be guided by the provisions of the said subdivisions of said section 300.40. 6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, the court is not required to submit to the jury any particular count of a multiple count information if the people consent that it not be submitted. 7. Every count not submitted to the jury is deemed to have been dismissed by the court. Where the court, over objection of the people, refuses to submit a count which is consecutive as to every count actually submitted, such count is deemed to have been dismissed by a trial order of dismissal even though no such order was expressly made by the court. S 360.55 Deliberation and verdict of jury. The provisions of article three hundred ten, governing the deliberation and verdict of a jury upon a jury trial of an indictment in a superior court, are applicable to a jury trial of an information in a local criminal court. Top of Page Criminal Procedure Law - Table of Contents Criminal Procedure Law Index | Article Index | Search Phrases | Popular Articles | Law Terms Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Title A | Title B | Title C | Title D | Title H | Title I | Title J | Title K | Title L | Title M | Title P | Title Q | Title R | Title S | Title T | Title U | 01 | 02 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 65 | 70 | 100 | 110 | 120 | 130 | 140 | 150 | 160 | 170 | 180 | 182 | 185 | 190 | 195 | 200 | 210 | 215 | 216 | 220 | 230 | 240 | 245 | 250 |