"I dont see that a big of a split becoming unanimous," said Chad Smith's attorney Ms. Ansrea Sullivan. Deputy District Attorney Stacey Eads declined comment.
The jury was sent back for additional deliberations. They return tomorrow. Three male jurors disagree that the jury is deadlocked. If they are still deadlocked, then Judge Christopher Wilson said he will make a decision. Most likely, he would declare a mistrial.
The jury foreperson said they were stressed and taking a break today and coming back tomorrow was a good idea.
Jury is "hopelessly deadlocked" on the sexual abuse counts. Without indicating which way the jury is spilt, the jury foreman said most of hand count/votes taken were split 7-5.
They have reached a decision on the 4 charges which are restraining order violations. Chad Smith already admitted to violating the restraining orders.
There were 8 different hand count/ votes taken in the two and half days of deliberation.
After the jury was excused for the day and the attorneys left and the other media left, the attorneys were called back into court for a couple of minutes.
So they can't even agree that they're hung? Not a great sign.
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