Juror Dispute in Court Proceedings
Court has an instruction from the foreperson of that juror that's been
working for a week now saying that there's one juror who
refuses to listen to the law that you've given him or
her on reasonable doubt.
And I suggest respectfully that the soft instruction that
you gave them saying at the sidebar, "Can you listen to the law
as I instruct you?" Does not focus on the issue.
It is ... The question is not sufficient enough.
It does not allow any foundation for a motion to
remu-remove the juror who refuses to
accept your instructions on the law on reasonable doubt.
And if we come back here in a half an hour with a mistrial because of
a, because of a juror that
has just spurned the instructions of this court, it's a shame.
It's a real shame.
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