Commenters at JustOneMinute contemplate the significance of the note, first reported by Byron York.
A message from the prosecution press office released at 5:30 this afternoon:
The Court received a note containing a question from the jury at the end of the day today. Judge Walton will address the note with the parties in court at approximately 9:30 a.m. Wednesday morning…The contents of the note will not be disclosed until the note is addressed in court and docketed sometime tomorrow morning.
Your guess is as good as mine.
One of the better JOM guesses:
The question may be "how long must we deliberate before we can give up?"
I suspect they want some portion of testimony read back. Jurors frequently do that, Judges will often refuse, and instruct them to rely on their memories. I think Judges should not refuse such requests, particularly in longer and detailed trials.
"I suspect they want some portion of testimony read back. Jurors frequently do that, Judges will often refuse, and instruct them to rely on their memories."
In light of what this trial is about that statement is hilarious.
Posted by: Patrick | February 27, 2007 at 05:33 PM