Dewey juror goes to the emergency room; judge will ask for partial verdict
Updated: A juror in the trial of three former leaders of Dewey & LeBoeuf reported that she was in the emergency room on Wednesday after experiencing vertigo.
Judge Robert Stolz of Manhattan said he spoke with the juror and she expected to return to court in the afternoon, the New York Law Journal (sub. req.) reports.
Jurors told Stolz on Tuesday that they can’t reach a unanimous decision on the majority of counts, report the Wall Street Journal (sub. req.), the New York Times and the New York Law Journal (sub. req.). It was the 13th full day of deliberations, according to the New York Law Journal; the Wall Street Journal counted 14 days of deliberations.
Stolz told lawyers on Wednesday that he will ask jurors if they have reached agreement on any of the counts and, if so, he will ask them to issue a verdict.
A prosecutor with the Manhattan District Attorney’s office had asked Stolz on Tuesday to deliver an Allen charge that tells jurors to keep working, according to the New York Law Journal account.
The Dewey defendants are accused of misleading lenders and bond buyers about the firm’s finances. The defendants are former chairman Steven Davis, former chief financial officer Joel Sanders and former executive director Stephen DiCarmine.
Updated at 11 AM Central Time to include news of juror’s visit to the emergency room and the judge’s decision to ask for a partial verdict.
