I have only been on a jury twice, one rape case and one murder case. On both occasions, the prosecutor added other charges in addition to the primary charge. The most charges in either case was only eight. In both trials we took four days to deliberate and we did not vote guilty on all charges. How much time would you anticipate for a 34 count indictment in a trial that lasted eight days?
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In essence it's not really 34 things they agree on. This is an all or nothing case. If they've been convinced of the underlying theme of the case, they will convict of everything. This is because each monthly business record was filed as a separate count. So if you find one of the months, let's say January, then there's no reason why you wouldn't find February true as well.
This explains a lot of gobble gook very simply. Please expound a little more.