Legal Opinion
People v. Gainer
California Supreme Court
Decided August 31, 1977No. Crim. 19660PublishedCited by 210 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
MOSK, J.
In January 1975 defendant Robert Gainer, Jr., was tried in the Superior Court of Contra Costa County on a charge of murder. (Pen. Code, § 187.)1 The taking of the testimony of more than 30 witnesses consumed 12 days, concluding on the 28th of January. On the 13th day of trial, at 10:30 in the morning, the case went to the jury. Four times during that day the jury interrupted their deliberations to ask that various portions of the testimony be reread. At 5:05 p.m. the jurors were sent home without having reached a verdict.
On the morning of their second day of deliberations the…
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