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Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Courts - Still more on "Astor Trial (Finally!) Heads to the Jury"
Updating this ILB entry from Oct. 4th, John Eligon and Matthew R. Warren of the NY Times report:
The judge overseeing the trial of Anthony D. Marshall, the son of Brooke Astor, the legendary New York society matriarch, exhorted the jury to “hang in there” on Monday afternoon, after the jury sent the judge two notes suggesting that it was struggling to reach a verdict.The notes, and the judge’s remarks, suggested the possibility of a deadlock, although the jurors, who are to resume deliberations on Tuesday, could yet reach a verdict in one of the city’s most-watched trials in recent memory. * * *
The trial has lasted longer than had been expected. The jury of eight women and four men sat through more than 19 weeks of testimony and arguments in State Supreme Court in Manhattan. Mrs. Astor, whose fortune was estimated at more than $180 million, died two years ago at 105.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on October 6, 2009 09:16 AM
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