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title: "18 U.S.C. § 3531"
description: "Return; several defendants; conviction of less offense; poll of jury—(Rule)"
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# 18 U.S.C. § 3531 - Return; several defendants; conviction of less offense; poll of jury—(Rule)

## Text

See Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Verdict to be unanimous; return; several defendants; disagreement; conviction of less offense; poll of jury, Rule 31.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 837.)