unanimous verdict
Jury fully agrees
A unanimous verdict is a jury's decision in which all members agree on the outcome.
In criminal trials, many jurisdictions require unanimity for conviction: The jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty after three days of deliberation.
Civil cases sometimes allow non-unanimous verdicts.
The requirement aims to ensure that conviction reflects broad agreement rather than majority rule.
- juryLegal decision-making body
- jury roomWhere verdicts are decided
- agreementShared position between parties
- deliberationCareful weighing of choices
- jury foremanLeader of deliberating panel
judge · unity · acquittal · solidarity · accord · polling · consensus · foreperson · conviction · beyond reasonable doubt · reasonable doubt · burden of proof · jury instructions · voir dire · foreman · justice · voting · guilty
- jury trialjury deliberation, jury selection, juror selection, voir dire, jury pool
- verdictsguilty, not guilty, acquitted, innocent, convicted
unanimous verdictsplit decision
Non-unanimous judicial outcome
split verdict · majority verdict · hung jury · dissenting opinion · disagreement
unanimous verdicthung jury
Unanimous verdict impossible
deadlocked jury · mistrial · indecision · impasse · retrial