...and Judge Cooke is responding in print. According to Dave Ovalle who is tweeting about the deliberations, Judge Cooke commented that "a whole generation can't read cursive" so she had to respond in print. She also said that she was "educated by nuns" in regards to her cursive.On to the actual notes:
1) The jury wanted "more understanding" about whether count 1 (the conspiracy charge) had to be proven beyond a reasonable doubt. The answer was obviously yes.
2) The jury also wanted to know whether the entrapment instruction applied to all of the counts. Again, the answer was yes.
Ovalle says that this leads him to believe that we are in for a split verdict. I wonder. This leads me to think that someone is fighting for the defense, but who really knows.
UPDATE -- Ovalle was wrong -- NOT GUILTY across the board for Pizzi.
Keep your chin up Pizzi
ReplyDeleteWhat these questions really tell is that we need to do a better job with the pattern instructions on explaining the law to juries.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure you're correct about the answer to the first question. This is federal court after all.
ReplyDeleteWith that type of attitude no wonder Rump has never won a federal case.
ReplyDeletePizzi is lucky Judge Cooke presided over his case. Had it been Altonaga or Moore, he would have been hanging out in Coleman for a few years.
ReplyDeletethe people should acquit everyone until the United States has a legitimate justice system, which will never happen in this state so long as the florida bar exists.
ReplyDeleteJury sez not guilty! forever!