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 July 15, 2008 in 

I just compared notes with the prosecutor on my trial case. In picking a jury of 12 out of a panel of 65, exercising 10 peremptory challenges each, we made one double strike.

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  1. Ron in Houston July 15, 2008 at 12:37 pm - Reply

    And the verdict was? (Or is the jury still out?)

  2. Mark Bennett July 15, 2008 at 3:18 pm - Reply

    The prosecutor is arguing as we speak.

  3. Mark Bennett July 15, 2008 at 5:21 pm - Reply

    Guilty verdict. Hate it when that happens.

  4. john gibson July 15, 2008 at 5:29 pm - Reply

    That was quick wasn’t it?

  5. Mark Bennett July 15, 2008 at 5:41 pm - Reply

    Much quicker than it seems: maybe 15 minutes of deliberation. I guess it was more of a whale than I had convinced myself.

  6. Fortunatus Victorus July 15, 2008 at 7:26 pm - Reply

    A whale you almost got an instructed verdict on! –Think the ending of the Tennessee-St. Louis Super Bowl. Competitors don’t take consolation prizes, but way to make the prosecutor sweat, Mark!

  7. Mark Bennett July 15, 2008 at 8:14 pm - Reply

    Yep, if we’d been before a judge who had ever granted an instructed verdict, then this case might have been a real nail-biter.

  8. AHCL July 16, 2008 at 9:16 pm - Reply

    Back to the issue of double-strikes, I still think it happens a lot more than you think it does.

    So, please consider this my formal notice of “See! I told you so!”

  9. Mark Bennett July 16, 2008 at 9:25 pm - Reply

    One strike. One lousy strike. The prosecutor was just having an “off” day.

  10. Ron in Houston July 16, 2008 at 9:37 pm - Reply

    Mark

    You and AHCL – I know that you guys really respect one another but your public bickering is kinda funny.

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