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Federal Criminal Trialtrial-daytrial-dayjury_instructionsDay 17 - December 27, 2021Judge Nathan defined “entice,” directed jurors to the full Count Four instruction, and set a default deliberation schedule.
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Day 17 - December 27, 2021

Jury Receives Supplemental Instructions on Enticement and Count Four

Judge Alison J. Nathan
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Judge Nathan defined “entice,” directed jurors to the full Count Four instruction, and set a default deliberation schedule.

Full day summary

Judge Alison J. Nathan gave supplemental guidance during jury deliberations. With both sides' agreement, she defined “entice” and referred jurors to the existing charge, and the court arranged to provide requested testimony transcripts. On a separate Count Four question that the court found too ambiguous to answer directly, Judge Nathan directed jurors to review the full written instruction concerning that count's second element. The court also set a default 6 p.m. deliberation schedule for the following day, subject to hardship adjustments, and told jurors to take the time they needed.

1. Supplemental Jury Instructions

Judge Nathan responded to jury questions with supplemental guidance on the definition of enticement and the travel element of Count Four.

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Jury Instruction
Supplemental Instruction on Enticement
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Judge Nathan supplied the jury with a supplemental definition of enticement and arranged requested testimony transcripts.

Jury Instruction
Supplemental Instruction on Count Four
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Judge Nathan referred an ambiguous Count Four jury question back to the full written instruction and set a default 6 p.m. deliberation schedule with hardship accommodations.

Highlights

Supplemental Instruction on Enticementjury eventJudge Nathan, with both sides' agreement, supplemented the instructions by defining “entice” and referring jurors to the existing charge.Supplemental Instruction on Enticement“Further, "entice" means to attract, induce, or lure using hope or desire.”— Alison J. NathanThe court supplied the jury's requested definition of a term used in the charge.Supplemental Instruction on Enticementprocedural actionThe court received requests for Matt's, Parkinson's, and David Rodgers's testimony transcripts and arranged to provide them.Supplemental Instruction on Count FourrulingJudge Nathan declined to give a yes-or-no answer to the jury's ambiguous question and directed jurors to consider the full Instruction 21 on page 28 concerning the second element of Count Four.Supplemental Instruction on Count Fourjury eventJudge Nathan set a default 6 p.m. deliberation schedule beginning the next day, while allowing hardship adjustments and expressly telling jurors to take all the time they needed.
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