Yates v. U.S., No. 6 (U.S. Supreme Court) (354 U.S. 298; 77 S.Ct. 1064) (June 17, 2057) (Justice Harlan)
Here the Court held that a verdict must be set aside where the verdict is supportable on one ground but not on another, and it is impossible to tell which ground the jury selected - although that holding was substantially limited in Griffin v. U.S.
The petitioners in these three ...
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