Clancy judge gives one defense one hour to file stay before mistrial
A Massachusetts judge overseeing Lindsay clancy’s murder trial gave her defense only one hour too file an emergency appeal before declaring a mistrial.The jury, composed of 12 members, spent seven days deliberating but remained deadlocked, unable to reach a verdict on Clancy’s mental state at the time of the killings of her three children. One juror has persisted in holding out, with the foreperson reporting an 11-1 split in favor of not guilty. The judge initially announced an imminent mistrial but then allowed defense attorney Kevin Reddington to seek a stay, which is due by around 12:30 pm. Legal analyst Neama Rahmani suggested the appeal effort might fail. Earlier, the judge cited legal reasons for the mistrial, citing the juryS inability to reach consensus.Updates on the case are ongoing.
The Massachusetts judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial on Friday dramatically gave her defense attorney one hour to make an emergency appeal for a stay before he declares a mistrial.
William Sullivan, who is overseeing the murder trial at Plymouth Superior Court, made the decision after the 12-member jury spent seven days deliberating and came to a third deadlock, meaning they could not reach a consensus over whether Clancy was in her right mind or experiencing psychosis when she reportedly killed her three children. One person on the jury has been holding out and has been targeted by defense attorney Kevin Reddington, who said the foreperson wrote that the jury was split 11-1 in favor of finding Clancy “not guilty.”
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Defense attorney Kevin Reddington has until around 12:30 pm to file the motion. The development comes after Sullivan told the packed courtroom he was going to declare a mistrial, before suddenly granting Reddington’s request to file an emergency appeal asking a justice on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to intervene.
Neama Rahmani, a former federal prosecutor, told the Washington Examiner that Reddington’s request for an appeal will likely not be successful.
Earlier in the morning, Sullivan said that “Under the statute and the case law, I don’t feel I have any choice but to declare a mistrial at this time.
He read the jury’s note to the court, which stated: “It is with a heavy heart that we report we are unable to come to a unanimous decision and will not be able to.”
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