Where a jury acquits on multiple counts where the evidence is indistinguishable from the evidence on a count where it convicts, and the conviction cannot be explained by the Kirkman mercy principle or by any distinguishing feature in the evidence, the conviction is unreasonable and will be set aside as unsafe and unsatisfactory.
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