Suppose that your kids ask you to celebrate blueberry season in New Jersey by making them a blueberry pie. They walk to the store to buy you supplies but instead of blueberries, they bring home some fresh trout. They insist that you make a blueberry pie using what they brought you.  What do you do?

This admittedly ridiculous scenario is similar to one faced by judges when sentencing defendants in cases when juries return inconsistent verdicts. How is a judge supposed to formulate a logical sentence based on an illogical verdict? Can you logically and fairly sentence a defendant who was found guilty of possessing hollow point bullets when the jury deadlocked on the possession of the gun containing the bullets?

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