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When jury returned, Ellis read from the Sawyer instructions.
“Let me express a few thoughts to you – this case, like all cases is important and if you fail to agree on a verdict, the case is left open and undecided,” Ellis said.
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When jury returned, Ellis read from the Sawyer instructions.
“Let me express a few thoughts to you – this case, like all cases is important and if you fail to agree on a verdict, the case is left open and undecided,” Ellis said.
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Any future jury would be selected in the same manner they have been chosen, he added.
“There’s no reason to believe that a more suitable jury would be able to decide this,” Ellis said.
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“There’s no reason to believe that a more suitable jury would be able to decide this,” Ellis said.
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In the course of deliberations, Ellis urged jurors not to hesitate when reexamining their views and encouraged them to examine their questions with “candor and frankness.”
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#ManafortVerdictWatch Update:
The jury submitted a note which said: “Your honor if we cannot come to a consensus for a single count, how should we fill in the verdict form? What does that mean for verdict. And we will need another verdict form.”
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The jury submitted a note which said: “Your honor if we cannot come to a consensus for a single count, how should we fill in the verdict form? What does that mean for verdict. And we will need another verdict form.”
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Ellis told attorneys – without jurors present – that he can take a partial verdict but following this brief recess, when he asks the jury to come back in, he’s going to read off instructions from a case called U.S. v Sawyer for reference.
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Then he’s going to send jurors back to deliberate.
If they can’t come to a unanimous decision on this one count, he’ll ask where they stand on the other counts.
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If they can’t come to a unanimous decision on this one count, he’ll ask where they stand on the other counts.
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