August 29, 2011
The jury is out ...
The jury got the case (assault with a deadly weapon) Friday afternoon, deliberated for a couple of hours and then went home for the weekend. They've requested readback of the victim's testimony for this morning, and the nail-biting and second-guessing begins.
Of course, it could be worse.
I could be dealing with this.
A North Texas juror who was booted from a trial has been cited for contempt after trying to "friend" the defendant on Facebook.
Court records show 22-year-old Jonathan Hudson on July 19 was removed from the jury in a Tarrant County civil case. The trial, over a 2008 car wreck, proceeded with 11 jurors.
Hudson last week pleaded guilty to four counts of contempt and has been ordered to serve two days of community service.
Texas recently added specific language to jury instructions that bans jurors from discussing the case on social networking sites. Hudson had received those instructions.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Sunday that Hudson attorney Steve Gordon says his client "made a silly mistake."
Seriously? Do we really have to remind jurors that they're not supposed to FRIEND DEFENDANTS ON FACEBOOK while deciding their fate?
Yeah, I know, it was a civil case, but still, unbelievable.
(shakes head)
I need another cup of coffee.
And some more aspirin.
(drums fingers on desk)
Was that my phone?
(sigh)
I'm sure they'll be coming back any minute now ....
Posted by Mike Lief at August 29, 2011 07:48 AM
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I see those shoes and I think of the cows that lost their lives so that you could wrap your feet in the skin of their suffering.
Posted by: Annie at September 4, 2011 09:48 AM
Really, that's what you think when you look at my shoes?
Posted by: Mike Lief at September 4, 2011 12:23 PM