I purposely was very vague in my description
Your admission indicates WHY your responses have been, in your view, vague.
No one can predict what 12 jurors will decide.
I've practiced criminal law primarily for 40 odd years.
I can see individual juror "tells", however that doesn't mean anything collectively.
On most occasions, there are "tells" one can discern when the jury has reached their verdict.
Other than what I've said above, no one can consistently predict what verdict 12 jurors will render.
Furthermore, I've had several criminal trials interrupted by "mistrial" rulings.
In the instant matter under discussion, I suggest that things are no longer in your control.
A quick perusal of NY law reveals that the crime with which you APPEAR to have been charged isn't a SPECIFIC intent crime.
Specific intent crimes require the government to prove that a defendant had both the desire to commit the act as well as the knowledge or intent that committing the act would achieve the end result.
Contrast that to a general intent crime which only requires the government to prove that a defendant had intended to perform the act in question and that the act is one that is prohibited by law or is illegal.
In other words, you can be charged and convicted of a general intent crime simply by committing an act that is considered both illegal and a crime under the law.
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Universal Citation: NY Penal L § 235.23 (2022) § 235.23 Disseminating indecent material to minors; presumption and defenses.
1. A person who engages in the conduct proscribed by section 235.21 is presumed to do so with knowledge of the character and content of the material sold or loaned, or the motion picture, show or presentation exhibited or to be exhibited.
2. In any prosecution for disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree pursuant to subdivision one or two of section 235.21 of this article, it is an affirmative defense that:
(a) The defendant had reasonable cause to believe that the minor involved was seventeen years old or more; and
(b) Such minor exhibited to the defendant a draft card, driver's license, birth certificate or other official or apparently official
document purporting to establish that such minor was seventeen years old or more.
3. In any prosecution for disseminating indecent material to minors in the second degree pursuant to subdivision three of section 235.21 of this article or disseminating indecent material to minors in the first degree pursuant to section 235.22 of this article, it shall be a defense that:
(a) The defendant made a reasonable effort to ascertain the true age of the minor and was unable to do so as a result of actions taken by the minor; or
(b) The defendant has taken, in good faith, reasonable, effective and appropriate actions under the circumstances to restrict or prevent access by minors to materials specified in such subdivision, which may involve any appropriate measures to restrict minors from access to such communications, including any method which is feasible under available technology; or
(c) The defendant has restricted access to such materials by requiring use of a verified credit card, debit account, adult access code or adult personal identification number; or
(d) The defendant has in good faith established a mechanism such that the labelling, segregation or other mechanism enables such material to be automatically blocked or screened by software or other capabilities reasonably available to responsible adults wishing to effect such blocking or screening and the defendant has not otherwise solicited minors not subject to such screening or blocking capabilities to access that material or to circumvent any such screening or blocking
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