Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A § 68C

Current through Chapter 231 of the 2024
Section 234A:68C - Failure to agree on verdict

If a jury, after due and thorough deliberation, returns to court without having agreed on a verdict, the court may state anew the evidence or any part of the evidence, explain to them anew the law applicable to the case and send them out for further deliberation; but if they return a second time without having agreed on a verdict, they shall not be sent out again without their own consent, unless they ask from the court some further explanation of the law.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 234A, § 68C

Added by Acts 2016, c. 36,§ 5, eff. 5/10/2016.