State v. Flemming

WYNN, Judge.

In State v. Parker, 29 N.C. App. 413, 414, 224 S.E.2d 280, 281 (1976), this Court held that a trial court’s jury instruction to return a majority verdict violated our Constitution’s unanimous verdict requirement for criminal trials. N.C. Const, art. I, § 24. In this case, Defendant argues that the trial court’s use of the term “consensus” likewise violated the verdict unanimity requirement. Because the trial judge twice repeated that the jury must unanimously agree on a verdict, we find no error. We also find no error in Defendant’s remaining arguments.

A jury found Defendant…