Jury Deliberations Begin
25 linesJUDGE NATHAN: Thank you so much for your patience, members of the jury. I am going to send you back in a moment to begin your deliberations. There are five of you who are alternate jurors, and I'm going to tell you, you're the higher number five. They are juror number 125, juror number 149, 151, 152, and 170. The alternate jurors were not to participate in the deliberations, however, it is possible, and it does happen, that we need to bring an alternate juror back in order to participate in the deliberations. So, I am going to release the alternate jurors. You can't participate in the deliberations unless and until you hear from Ms. Williams that you're being brought back into the deliberations. However, because you could be brought back into the deliberations, and because it does happen, all of my rules continue to apply.
So, for my alternate jurors, no communications with anyone through any means about the case, no discussions, no consuming of any information through any means about the case until you hear from Ms. Williams either asking you to come back because we need you for the deliberations or telling you that the process is over, and that is very important. So, again, the alternates are 125, 149, 151, 152, and 170. So when I send you back in a moment, the alternates will gather their belongings, no communications with each other about the case, gather their belongings, quick wave goodbye and then you may head home until you hear from Ms. Williams about next steps. With respect to the 12 jurors who will be deliberating, it's 4:48. You may deliberate as long as this evening as you all agree to. So just let me know by a note when you wish to break for the evening. At that point, I'll bring you into the courtroom for instructions. I'll ask the U.S. Marshal, the court security officer, who will safeguard the jury's deliberations, to please come forward and be sworn by Ms. Williams.
(Marshal sworn) With that, you'll take your instructions back to the jury room with you. For the alternates, Ms. Williams will collect the instructions from you. We will send you back with a copy of the verdict form, and Ms. Williams will show you how to access the admitted exhibits should you wish to access them. Members of the jury, you may begin your deliberations.
(At 4:49 p.m., the jury retired to deliberate)
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(Jury not present)
JUDGE NATHAN: Matters to take up?
MS. MENNINGER: Your Honor, I believe at the outset you said you would provide counsel a copy of a juror seating chart. I don't think we ever got one, but is it possible to get one to refresh our recollection?
JUDGE NATHAN: Yes. We have that prepared. I had thought you gotten it, but we will get you each a copy.
MS. MENNINGER: Thank you, your Honor.
JUDGE NATHAN: Anything else?
JUDGE NATHAN: All right. With that, we will wait until we hear from the jury. Let me just thank counsel for your zealous advocacy. The eight of you performed your duties with professionalism and excellence and I learned a lot from watching the eight of you. Thank you.
(Recess)
JUDGE NATHAN: We received a note that says. "We're leaving at 5:30. Thanks." Which we'll mark as a court exhibit. We'll bring in the jury, I'll give them instructions for resuming deliberations in the morning.
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(Jury present)
JUDGE NATHAN: I did get your note saying you're ready to leave at 5:30. Sorry you're a little delayed getting you out of here, I know it's a long day. Thank you for your diligence and your attention. I want to of course remind you, bear all of my instructions in mind, even though we're at the deliberations, especially because and in addition we're at the deliberation stage of the case. So just to reiterate, no communications with each other or -- no communications outside of the jury room with each other or anyone else regarding the case, no consuming any information regarding the case in any way. I'm going to ask that you resume your deliberations tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. You come straight into the jury room. Once all 12 of you are there, you begin your deliberations, not before, but once all 12 of you are there. Just start right away again with your deliberations, you don't have to wait for further instruction for me. If you have questions, you put them in a note and I'll get you a response. Ms. Williams will get your lunch order. Even though we're at this phase in the case, please continue to keep an open mind until you're together deliberating in the jury room. Have a goodnight. Thank you.
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(Jury not present)
JUDGE NATHAN: Any matters to take up, counsel?
MS. STERNHEIM: No. Thank you.
JUDGE NATHAN: Please be ready to pick up any notes beginning at 9:00. Have a goodnight, everyone.
(Adjourned to December 21, 2021 at 9:00 a.m.) * * *