People v. Pagan

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

After deliberating for five hours and finding themselves unable to reach a verdict, members of the jury were instructed that unlike this "simple case, as far as the amount of evidence to be covered is concerned * * * some cases last months, but the Jury is expected to come to a verdict.” The court then noted that "sometimes a Jury can’t reach a verdict” and that a deadlock had in fact occurred recently in a more involved case where disagreement had continued into the second day of deliberations despite a…