SAN FRANCISCO Compromise jury verdicts are a courtroom staple. Some jurors want to award $1 million while others say only $500,000? Compromise on $750,000. Some jurors say guilty of perjury while others say innocent? Compromise on obstruction of justice.
It makes sense that the California Supreme Court, comprising seven justices with their own strong views about the law, may sometimes strike compromise appellate judgments. We don’t know for sure, because the justices deliberate in secret and they seldom hold post-judgment news conferences.
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