Full text of the jury note, per Judge Ellis:
"8/21/18
If we cannot come to a consensus on a single count, how should we fill in the jury form for that count? And what does that mean for the final verdict
We will need another verdict form please.
(signed by the foreman)"
"8/21/18
If we cannot come to a consensus on a single count, how should we fill in the jury form for that count? And what does that mean for the final verdict
We will need another verdict form please.
(signed by the foreman)"
The note prompted an instruction to keep deliberating from Ellis; he plans to ask them about a partial verdict later on. It also prompted a gambit from Downing to have a new jury form printed with an option for "hung" as to each count. Andres objected to that and Ellis agreed.
On the way out of the courthouse, I asked Brandon van Grack what he thought the jury was signaling with their request for a new form and his facial expression in response was so purely noncommittal that it prompted laughter and chucks on the shoulder from the rest of the SCO team
