{"id":867,"date":"2023-04-27T13:48:27","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T17:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tampacriminallawyer.net\/?p=867"},"modified":"2026-01-07T10:49:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:49:13","slug":"court-examines-floridas-unanimous-verdict-requirement-in-criminal-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/court-examines-floridas-unanimous-verdict-requirement-in-criminal-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Court Examines Florida\u2019s Unanimous Verdict Requirement in Criminal Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Under Florida\u2019s constitution, criminal convictions require a unanimous verdict. This means, in part, that jurors must be in complete agreement that the prosecution has established each element of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is ambiguity regarding the unanimity of a verdict, a defendant may be able to argue that it should be vacated. Recently, a Florida <a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/florida\/fourth-district-court-of-appeal\/2023\/22-1790.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">court<\/a> discussed what evidence a defendant must offer to prove a verdict was not unanimous in a case in which the defendant appealed his conviction for resisting an officer. If you are charged with a crime in Tampa, it is wise to speak to a Tampa criminal defense attorney to determine your potential defenses.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Facts of the Case<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is alleged that the defendant was involved in an altercation at a bar, after which he spoke with police officers. He was taken to a hospital; when police arrived at the hospital, they found that the defendant had absconded. An officer found him lying on the ground down the road. The defendant and officer\u2019s accounts of what transpired vary, but the defendant was ultimately charged with two counts of resisting an officer without violence. A jury found him guilty of both charges, and he was sentenced to one year for each count. He then appealed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.criminalattorneytampa.net\/blog\/court-examines-floridas-unanimous-verdict-requirement-in-criminal-matters\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading Court Examines Florida\u2019s Unanimous Verdict Requirement in Criminal Matters\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under Florida\u2019s constitution, criminal convictions require a unanimous verdict. This means, in part, that jurors must be in complete agreement that the prosecution has established each element of the charged offense beyond a reasonable doubt. If there is ambiguity regarding the unanimity of a verdict, a defendant may be able to argue that it should [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1323,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-criminal-process","category-defenses"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Florida\u2019s Unanimous Verdict Rule<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Find out how Florida\u2019s unanimous verdict rule works and why all jurors must agree before you can be found guilty.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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